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, ain't even

            
 grey, but she

 buries her ba

by
             
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 it sure fe

              
lt nice when h

      
e was holding 

my hand
             
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

     x2

  
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


            
 Oh oh, the ba

llad of a dove
         
  Go in peace 

and love
 
Gather up your

 tears

Keep them in y

our pocket
             
Save them for 

              
a time when yo

       
u're really go

nna need them.

             
Oh oh, the sha

             
rp knife of a 

            
short life
             
Well, I've had

            
 just enough t

 
ime

   
So put on your

 best boys
    
And I'll wear 

my pearls