1. Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a Silver Casket

2. Oh, lay me down in Forest Lawn, they under - stand there

3. To find a simple resting place is my de - sire

With golden flowers over my head in a silver basket

They have a heavenly choir and a military band there

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

Let the drum and bugle corps play taps while cannons roar

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

My likeness cast in brass will stand in plastic grass

While sixteen liveried employees sell souveniers from the funeral store

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

While hidden weights and springs tips it's hat to the mourners filing past!

I wanna go simply when I go. They'll give me a simple funeral there I know.

I wanna go simply when I go. They'll give me a simple funeral there I know.

I wanna 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"

With a hundred strolling strings and topless dancers with golden wings

I'll lie beneath the sand, with piped-in tapes of Billy Graham

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

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

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

BRIDGE AFTER SECOND VERSE:

Oooh, come, come, come, come

Come to the church in the wild wood, 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

ENDING AFTER THIRD VERSE:

Rock of ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee!

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