They're gonna lay me low

(Lay me low)


They're gonna sink me in the snow


(Lay me low)

They're gonna throw back their heads and crow


(Lay me low)


When I go

(When I go)





They're gonna jump and shout

(Lay me low)


They're gonna wave their arms about


(Lay me low)

All the stories will come out


(Lay me low)


When I go

(When I go)





All the stars will glow bright

(Lay me low)


And my friends will give up the fight


(Lay me low)

They'll see my work in a different light


(Lay me low)


Yeah, when I go

(When I go)





They'll try telephoning my mother

(Lay me low)


But they'll end up getting my brother


(Lay me low)

Who'll spill the story on some long gone lover


(Lay me low)


That I hardly know

(When I go)





Hats off to the man

On top of the world


Come crawl up here, baby

And I'll show you how it works




If you wanna be my friend

And you wanna repent


And you want it all to end

And you wanna know when




Well, do it now, don't care how

Take your final bow


Make a stand, take my hand

And blow it all to hell




They gonna inform the police chief

(Lay me low)

Who'll breathe a sigh of relief


(Lay me low)

He'll say I was a malanderer and a badlander and a thief

(Lay me low)

Yeah, when I go


(When I go)



They'll interview my teachers


(Lay me low)

Who'll say I was one of God's sorrier creatures

(Lay me low)

They'll print informative six-page features


(Lay me low)

When I go

(When I go)




They'll bang a big old gong

(Lay me low)

The motorcade will be ten miles long

(Lay me low)

The world'll join together for a farewell song

(Lay me low)

When they put me down below

(When I go)



They'll sound a fluegelhorn

(Lay me low)

And the sea will rage and the sky will storm

(Lay me low)

All man and beast will mourn

(Lay me low)

When I go

(When I go)



Hats off to the man

On top of the world

Come crawl up here, baby

And we can watch this damn thing turn



If you wanna be my friend

And you wanna repent

And you want it all to end

And you wanna know when



Well, do it now, do it now

Take a long last bow

Take my hand, make a stand

And blow it all to hell



Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low, lay me low

Yeah, when I go, yeah, when I

(When I go)



Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low, yeah, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Yeah, when I go

(When I go)



Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low, lay me low

(Lay me low)

Lay me low