When I die

Don't put me in the ground

I don't want the soil to hold me down

Bring me back to where I learned to swim

When I was just a little child

And I know it is morbid to say

Just throw me in the lake

Because I want to see the mountains

Throw me in the lake

Where I can swim

Our dog, Benny, his ashes run the shores

And the trees grew with the family

Winding roads I could drive sleeping

Lead us to the place we loved the most

And I know it is morbid to say

Throw me in the lake

Because I want to see the mountains

Throw me in the lake

Where I can swim

Some people want a funeral in a holy church

Some people want to be a tree holding onto earth

Some people need Jameson, forgiveness, and a wake

But I just want you to take me back to Rutherford county and

Throw me in the lake

Because I want to see the mountains

Throw me in the lake

Where I can swim