Forest Lawn — текст песни (John Denver)

Oh, lay me down in forest lawn in a silver casket
With golden flowers over my head in a silver basket
Let the drum and bugle corp play taps while cannons roar
Sixteen libereed employees sell souvenirs from the funeral store

I wanna go simply when I go
They`ll give me a simple funeral there I know
With the casket lined in fleece
And the fireworks spelling out Rest in Peace
So take me when I`m gone to forest lawn

Oh, lay me down in forest lawn they understand there
They have a heavenly choir in the military band there
Just put me in their care I`ll find my comfort there
With sixteen planes in the last salut they`ll drop a cross in a parachute

I wanna 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

Oooh, 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 cast in brass will stand in plastic gras
While hidden weights and springs tips
it`s hat to the mourners filing past

I wanna 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