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[Verse 1] If I [G]should die before I wake, All my bone and sinew take Put me in the compost pile To decompose me for a while. [Eb]Worms, [Verse 2] water, [G]sun will have their way, Returning me to common clay All that I am will feed the trees And little fishes in the seas. [Verse 3] When radishes [G]and corn you munch, You may be having me for lunch And then excrete me with a grin, [Verse 4] Chortling, "There goes Lee again." [G] 'Twill be my happiest destiny [Bm]To d[G]ie and live eternally.
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