If I Die Before You

Lyrics

[Chorus 1] If I die before you You can have my records You can give my books away If I die before you You can burn my journals I don't care what they say [Post-Chorus] Don't you cry, if I'm the first to die I'll try to get assigned a post close by [Verse] If they let me be a ghost I'll be a friendly one, and float by you in the dark Or if I'm reincarnated as a squirrel or a pigeon I'll find you in the park Or if they chose to let me decompose I'll tickle your toes from underneath the ground (Underneath the ground) Oh I'll still be around [Chorus 2] If I die before you Don't be sad for too long Nobody likes a crybaby (No, missy - nobody likes a sissy) If I die before you You have got to move on You'll find another fly baby (Yo kiddo, everybody loves a widow) [Post-Chorus] Don't be low if I'm the first to go You've got a funeral to throw, you know [Bridge] Make sure there's a brass band Like they have in New Orleans Nobody wearing black And everybody dancing Everybody dancing (Everybody dancing) Everybody dancing (Everybody dancing) Everybody dancing [Chorus 3] If you die before me Should I play your records? Should I give your books away? If you die before me Wherever you end up Save me a seat I'll be there someday [Post-Chorus] I'm gonna love you to death So after my last breath [Outro] I can die happy (I can die happy) I can die happy (I can die happy) I can die happy (I can die happy) I can die happy