If I die before you
Don't put me in the ground
Plant for me a sturdy tree
You can lean against year round
Don't clutter up a graveyard
With stone to trip upon
Write my name on a nice bench
you can rest on when I'm gone

If I die before you
Don't line up one by one
My funeral would bore you
Cause funeral's ain't fun
If it's really for me
Here's what I'd want to see:

You listenin' to good music & laughing in the sun.
Loving on the living, hold tight before they're gone
Speaking more on good you'll do than what's already done
And write my name on a nice bench
You can rest on
When I'm gone

If I die before you
There's more that I can do
Give me up to science
And burn me when they're through
Scatter me in places
Where we had the most fun
And write my name on a nice bench you can rest on.

I'm not afraid of dying
But I am of missing out
On memories I'd make with you
Every bread I'd break with you
And perfect moments spent with you
like this one

So slip a smooth stone into your pocket
Touch the cool stone to seal a memory
Send your sorrows to the touch
Be a duck, and let the worry roll right off of you
For good luck, or to be together

If I die before you
What's mine is yours to keep
Make a pretty bonfire
And burn what you don't need
Cause I don't want to weigh your body
Down when mine's asleep
Sowing all the little things I clung to as I reaped
My picture frames & failures in a mess around your feet
Burn it down, and carry on the parts you wanna see
And write my name on a nice bench

That can get you off your tired feet
Watch the seasons pass with me
Rock a baby on your knee
And wrap up in a song that can take you home"