No Flowers on My Grave

Intro

Verse 1 When they finally lay me down for good Don't you dress it up, don't make it nice Don't stand there lyin' like a preacher would Sayin' I was gentle — that ain't the price I lived hard, I hurt some, I don't repent I took what came and I gave it back with steel So don't you soften up the way I went Just tell the God-honest truth of how I feel

Chorus Put no flowers on my grave I didn't live soft, don't bury me sweet Let the buzzards and the dust have their day And carve "he never once knew defeat"

Verse 2 Don't cry for me, I had my run Rode farther than a hard man's got a right Don't light a candle, don't call me a son — Just leave the gate open in case I ride out one night

Chorus Put no flowers on my grave I didn't live soft, don't bury me sweet Let the buzzards and the dust have their day And carve "he never once knew defeat"

Bridge A weak man wants to be missed and mourned Wants the whole town weepin' at his stone Me, I want the record set and warned: Here lies a man who did it all alone Put no flowers on my grave I didn't live soft, don't bury me sweet Let the buzzards and the dust have their day And carve "he never once knew defeat"

Outro No flowers. Just the truth.

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