Forest Lawn lyrics

Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket

Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket

Let the Drum and Bugle Corp play taps while cannons roar

And sixteen liveried employees sell souvenirs

from the funeral store.

I wanna to go simply when I go

They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know

With a casket lined in fleece,

And fireworks spelling out "Rest in Peace"

Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn

Oh lay me down in Forest Lawn, they understand there

They have a heavenly choir and a military band there

Just put me in their care, I'll find my comfort there

With sixteen planes in a last salute,

They'd drop across in a parachute.

I wanna to go simply when I go,

They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know

With a hundred strolling strings

And topless dancers with golden wings

Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn

Oh, come, come, come, come...

Come to the church in the wildwood

Kindly leave a contribution in the pail

Be as simple and as trusting as a child would,

And we'll sell you the church in the dale

To find a simple resting place is my desire

To lay me down with a smiling face comes

a little bit higher

My likeness cast in brass, will stand in plastic grass

While hidden weights and springs tip it's hat

to the mourners filing past

I wanna to go simply when I go

They'll give me a simple funeral there, I know

I'll lie beneath the sand

With piped-in tapes of Billy Graham

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

Rock of ages, cleft for me--

For a slightly higher fee.

Oh take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn!

Amen

• Artist:John Denver
• Album:Take Me to Tomorrow (1970)