Lyrics

When I lay down for my final rest
When my days on earth are done
I will think back on the life I lived
beneath the setting sun
And I hope that I can honestly say
That I would not change a thing
That I can lay me down with a life well lived
And see what tomorrow will bring

And as you go through my possessions
Please remember to be kind
There's much more to these memories
Than the things I left behind
Every note and tool and rusted old part
Was part of a bigger plan
In the mind of a man with his time cut too short
To finish all that he began

So you'd better bury me deep down in the dirt
And pack the earth down hard
And if you hear me crying out
Don't pay me no regard
I've no regrets with the life I've lived
I've tried to do my best
But the what's ifs and the might've beens
Are gonna keep me from my rest

So if you can find a use for them
Or pass them down in kind
I'll be glad my things aren't wasted
It'll ease my worried mind
For if I thought that what I'd collected
Was getting tossed out with the trash
I would climb back up through these rocks and dirt
Just to kick you in the ass

So you'd better bury me deep down in the dirt
And pack the earth down hard
And if you hear me crying out
Don't pay me no regard
I've no regrets with the life I've lived
I've tried to do my best
But the what's ifs and the might've beens
Are gonna keep me from my rest

Well the hardest part of leaving
And this should come as no surprise
Will be saying goodbye to the ones I've loved
When it's time to leave them behind
And I know that I'm leaving on good terms
I've got nothing left to say
But that don't mean that in the stillness
I won't miss them every day


So you'd better bury me deep down in the dirt
And pack the earth down hard
And if you hear me crying out
Don't pay me no regard
I've no regrets with the life I've lived
I've tried to do my best
But the what's ifs and the might've beens
Are gonna keep me from my rest