"Blues At My Funeral" lyrics

Don't bring no preacher in a long white robe
Don't dress me up in Sunday clothes
Don't talk about Heaven, don't speak my sins
Just tell the good Lord to let me in

Tell my mama I found peace
Tell my brothers I'm set free
Give my baby what I got left
And leave my Bible on the shelf

And baby, play them blues at my funeral
Let the guitar cry like it's got soul
Don't sit in silence, don't tell no lie
Just close your eyes and let them steel strings sigh
So cut me loose and drop me in the hole
And play them blues at my funeral

I closed my eyes at that county line
Took my handle off the bars just a one last time
From dusk 'til dawn, I lived on the road
But when I'm gone, don't wait up, honey, I've gone home

Tell my mama I found peace
Tell my brothers I'm set free
Give my baby what I got left
And leave my Bible on the shelf

And baby, play them blues at my funeral
Let the guitar cry like it's got soul
Don't sit in silence, don't tell no lie
Just close your eyes and let them steel strings sigh
So cut me loose and drop me in the hole
And play them blues at my funeral