Forest Lawn-Tom Paxton

Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket Let the drum and bugle corp blow taps While the cannons roar And sixteen liveried employees pass out souvenirs From the funeral store I want to go simply when I go They'll give me a simple funeral there I know With a casket lined in fleece And fireworks spelling out "rest in peace " Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn they understand there And they have a heavenly choir and a military band there Just put me in their care I'll find my comfort there With sixteen planes and a last salute dropping a cross in a parachute I want to go simply when I go They'll give me a simple funeral there I know With a hundred strolling strings And topless dancers with golden wings Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn Oh come come come come Come to the church in the wild wood Kindly leave a contribution in the pail Be as simple and as trusting as a child would And we'll sell you the church in the dale To find a simple resting place is my desire To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher My likeness done in brass will stand in plastic grass And weights and hidden springs tip It's hat to the mourners filing past I want to go simply when I go They'll give me a simple funeral there I know I'll lie beneath the sand With piped in tapes of Billy Graham Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn Rock of ages cleft for me For a slightly higher fee Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn