Bury Me Where the Iron Sleeps

When I'm gone, don't take me to the chapel Don't put me in the family plot Don't ring no bells, don't read no scripture Don't tell no preacher what I was not

Don't dress me in the suit that mama bought me Don't fold no flag on the box of pine Don't hire no choir, don't sing no anthem Just let the silence keep its time

Bury me where the iron sleeps, brother Bury me where the iron sleeps Down in the ground where the working men go Down where the slag heap weeps Bury me where the iron sleeps

Bury me by the mill where my daddy lost his lung Bury me by the rail where my granddaddy fell Bury me with the boys I worked beside Bury me where the working men dwell

Don't tell my woman where the marker is She's got enough to carry in her head Don't tell my brother either — He'll come digging me up and weep me back from the dead

Bury me where the iron sleeps, y'all Bury me where the iron sleeps Where the foreman never gets his soul tonight And the timecard's done with its keeps Bury me where the iron sleeps Bury me where the iron sleeps

I done my forty I done my four I done my work I done my war

Bury me where the iron sleeps Brother, bury me where the iron sleeps

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