If I Die Young - The Band Perry

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If I die young

      
              
Bury me in sat

                    
in
              
Lay me down on

             
 a bed of rose

              
s
              
Sink me in the

                            
 river at dawn
              
Send me away w

             
ith the words 

                       
of a love song
            
Oh oh, oh oh

   

              
Lord make me a

              
 rainbow, I'll

             
 shine down on

                                        
 my mother
              
She'll know I'

              
m safe with Yo

              
u when she sta

             
nds under my c

                           
olors
             
Oh and life ai

              
n't always wha

              
t you think it

              
 ought to be, 

        
no
             
She ain't even

              
 grey but she 

              
buries her bab

      
y
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

                
ife
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

                   
ime

              
If I die young

     
              
Bury me in sat

                    
in
              
Lay me down on

             
 a bed of rose

              
s
              
Sink me in the

                            
 river at dawn
              
Send me away w

             
ith the words 

                       
of a love song
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

                
ife
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

                   
ime

              
And I'll be we

              
aring white wh

             
en I come into

                                      
 Your kingdom
             
I'm as green a

              
s the ring on 

              
my little cold

               
 finger
             
I've never kno

              
wn the loving 

              
of a man but i

              
t sure felt ni

              
ce when he was

            
 holding my ha

nd
             
There's a boy 

              
here in town s

              
ays he'll love

     
 me forever
             
Who would have

              
 thought forev

              
er could be se

                   
vered by
             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

                
ife
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

                   
ime

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So put on your

 best boys
             
And I'll wear 

                   
my pearls

What I never d

id is done

             
A penny for my

                   
 thoughts
             
Oh no, I'll se

              
ll them for a 

     
dollar
             
They're worth 

              
so much more a

              
fter I'm a gon


er
             
And maybe then

              
 you'll hear t

              
he words I've 

     
been singing
             
Funny when you

              
're dead how p

              
eople start li


stening

              
If I die young

     
              
Bury me in sat

                    
in
              
Lay me down on

             
 a bed of rose

              
s
              
Sink me in the

                            
 river at dawn
              
Send me away w

             
ith the words 

                       
of a love song

             
The sharp knif

             
e of a short l

                 
ife
             
Well, I've had

             
 just enough t

                   
ime


So put on your

 best boys
             
And I'll wear 

                   
my pearls

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