IN DEAD EARNEST*

If I should die before I wake,
All my bone and sinew take
Put me in the compost pile
To decompose me for a while.

Worms, water, sun will have their way,
Returning me to common clay
All that I am will feed the trees
And little fishes in the seas.

When radishes and corn you munch,
You may be having me for lunch
And then excrete me with a grin,
Chortling, "There goes Lee again."

'Twill be my happiest destiny
To die and live eternally.

*Words by Lee Hays (1979) Music by Pete Seeger (1979)

I like quiet, peaceful places...and have much respect for the people that have come before me.

IN DEAD EARNEST*

If I should die before I wake,
All my bone and sinew take
Put me in the compost pile
To decompose me for a while.

Worms, water, sun will have their way,
Returning me to common clay
All that I am will feed the trees
And little fishes in the seas.

When radishes and corn you munch,
You may be having me for lunch
And then excrete me with a grin,
Chortling, "There goes Lee again."

'Twill be my happiest destiny
To die and live eternally.

*Words by Lee Hays (1979) Music by Pete Seeger (1979)

I like quiet, peaceful places...and have much respect for the people that have come before me.