Lay Me Low (2011 Remastered Version)

They're gonna lay me low

They're gonna sink me in the snow

They're gonna throw back their heads and crow

When I go

When I go

They're gonna jump and shout

They're gonna wave their arms about

All the stories will come out

When I go

All the stars will glow bright

And my friends will give up the fight

They'll see my work in a different light

Yeah when I go

They'll try telephoning my mother

But they'll end up getting my brother

Who'll spill the story on some long gone lover

That I hardly know

Hats off to the man

On top of the world

Come crawl up here baby

And I'll show you how it works

If you wanna be my friend

And you wanna repent

And you want it all to end

And you wanna know when

Well do it now don't care how

Take your final bow

Make a stand take my hand

And blow it all to hell

They gonna inform the police chief

Who'll breathe a sigh of relief

He'll say I was a malanderer

And a badlander and a thief

Yeah when I go

They'll interview my teachers

Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures

They'll print informative six-page features

When I go

They'll bang a big old gong

The motorcade will be ten miles long

The world'll join together for a farewell song

When they put me down below

They'll sound a fluegelhorn

And the sea will rage and the sky will storm

All man and beast will mourn

When I go

Hats off to the man

On top of the world

Come crawl up here baby

And we can watch this damn thing turn

If you wanna be my friend

And you wanna repent

And you want it all to end

And you wanna know when

Well do it now do it now

Take a long last bow

Take my hand make a stand

And blow it all to hell

Lay me low lay me low

Lay me low lay me low

Lay me low lay me low

Lay me low lay me low

Yeah when I go yeah when I

Lay me low lay me low

Lay me low yeah lay me low

Lay me low lay me low

Yeah when I go

Lay me low lay me low

Lay me low lay me low

Lay me low lay me low