Don't bring no preacher
in a long white robe
Don't dress me up
in Sunday clothes
Don't talk about Heaven
don't speak my sins
Just tell the good Lord
to let me in
Tell my mama
I found peace
Tell my brothers
I'm set free
Give my baby
what I got left
And leave my Bible
on the shelf
And baby
play the blues
at my funeral
Let the guitar cry
like it's got soul
Don't sit in silence
don't tell no lies
Just close your eyes
and let them
steel strings sigh
So cut me loose and
drop me in the hole
And play the blues
at my funeral
I closed my eyes
at that county line
Took my handle
off the bars
just one last time
From dusk 'til dawn
I lived on the road
But when I'm gone
don't wait up honey
I've gone home
Tell my mama
I found peace
Tell my brothers
I'm set free
Give my baby
what I got left
And leave my Bible
on the shelf
And baby
play the blues
at my funeral
Let the guitar cry
like it's got soul
Don't sit in silence
don't tell no lies
Just close your eyes
and let the
steel strings sigh
So cut me loose
and drop me
in the hole
And play the blues
at my funeral