John Denver – Forest Lawn (Guitar)

[Intro]
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Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket,

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Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket.

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Let the drum and bugle corps play taps while cannons roar,

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Let sixteen liv'ried employees sell souvenirs from the funeral store.

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I want to go simply, when I go,

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They'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,

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With a casket lined in fleece,

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And fireworks spelling out "Rest In Peace."

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Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.

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Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn – they understand there,

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And they have a heavenly choir and a military band there.

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Oh, just put me in their care and I'll find my comfort there,

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With sixteen planes in a last salute, they'll drop a cross in a parachute.

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I want to go simply, when I go,

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They'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know,

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With a hunderd strolling strings,

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And topless dancers with golden wings,

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Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn ...

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Oh, come, come, come, come,

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Come to the church in the wildwood,

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Kindly leave a contribution in the pail.

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Be as simple and as trusting as a child would,

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And we'll sell you the church in the dale.

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To find a simple resting place is my desire,

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To lay me down with a smiling face comes a little bit higher.

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My likeness, cast in brass, will stand in plastic grass,

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While hidden weights and springs tip its hat to the mourners filing past.

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I want to go simply, when I go,

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They'll give me a simple fun'ral there, I know.

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I'll lie beneath the sand,

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With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham.

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Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.

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Rock of Ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee.

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Oh, take me, when I'm gone, to Forest Lawn.