When I was a growing boy
A-rocking on my daddy's knee
Daddy took an old guitar and sang

Bury me on the lone prairie
Uncle Bob sat at the piano
My girl cousins sang harmony

Those were the good old family times
That left a big mark on me


Bury me out on the prairie
Where the buffalo used to roam
Where the Canada geese once filled the sky

And then I won't be far from home
Bury me out on the prairie
Where the buffalo used to roam

You won't have to shed a tear for me
'Cause then I won't be far from home


Walking down the trans-Canada highway
I was talking to a firefly
Trying to make my way to Nashville, Tennessee

When another car passed me by

Some day I'm gonna make big money

And buy myself a big old car
Make my way on down to that promised land
And then I'm gonna really go far


Bury me out on the prairie
Where the buffalo used to roam

Where the Canada geese once filled the sky
And then I won't be far from home
Just bury me out on the prairie

Where the buffalo used to roam
You won't have to shed a tear for me
'Cause then I won't be far from home