When I die don't bury me / Cause this body needs no stone of memory / When I die don't bury me / Just take my ashes to my father in the deep blue sea / When it's my time to leave this world / Take me quickly please oh Lord / I don't want to linger longer / Than my soul or spirit can afford / I don't need no fancy gravestone / Nor a shiny box of wood / Take the money you'd be spending / Give some hope to those who need / Chorus / When I die don't bury me / Cause this body needs no stone of memory / When I die don't bury me / Just take my ashes to the deep blue sea / I will see you on the other / Side of this life without grief / The devil will have no hold on us / Nor tempt our souls nor taint our belief / Chorus / I have been in hard times like this / Stuck in the valley with no way out / But where we're heading is nothing like here / I'll be ready to hear my father shout / There won't be no trumpets blowing / Nor no angels crying for me / Cause I'm a sinner born of this world / But I'm going to Jesus to be set free