Lyrics

when my time comes, don't put me in a box
just throw me in the breeze
I'll find a new home, deep among the rocks
so don't you dare close that lid on me

when my time comes don't cry too long
my soul is wandering free
just raise a glass and sing my songs
and so remember me
and so remember me

so when my time has come
please spread me all around
when my time comes just burn me quick
and spread me all around

no gravestones please, just make a toast
about how i lived my life
a man who lived well but gave up the ghost
so for now he is done with strife

he had not much to say
until liquor let loose his tongue
he tried to do right at the end of the day
and this is what was sung
and this is what was sung

so when my time has come
please spread me all around
when my time comes just burn me quick
and spread me all around

upon a funeral pyre
my flesh and bones will fry
and finally free from all of my desires
alive in the sky
alive in the sky
alive in the sky
alive in the sky
alive in the sky