Forest Lawn

       Oh! lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket 
       Put golden flowers over my head in a silver basket 
       Let the drum and bugle corps, 
       Play "Taps" while cannons roar 
       Let sixteen liveried employees sell souvenirs from the fun'ral store 
       I want to go simply when I go 
       They'll give me a simply fun'ral there I know 
       With a casket lined in fleece 
       And a fire - works spelling out "Rest In Peace" 
       Oh! take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn 

       Oh! lay me down in forest lawn they understand there 
       They have a heavenly choir and a military band there 
       Just put me in their care, I'll find my comfort there 
       With sixteen planes in a last slute 
       They drop across in a parachute 
       I want to go simply when I go 
       They'll give me a simply fun'ral there 
       I know With a hundred strolling strings 
       And topless dancers in golden wings 
       Oh! take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn 

       Oh! come..come..come, come to the church in the wild wood 
       Kindly leave a contribution in the pail 
       Be as simple and as trusting as a child would 
       And we'll sell you the church in the dale 

       To find a simple resting place is my desire 
       To lay me down with a smiling face 
       Come a little bit higher 
       My likeness cast in brass will stand in plastic grass 
       While hidden weights and springs tip its hat 
       To the mourners filling past 

       I want to go simply when I go 
       They'll give me a simply fun'ral there I know 
       I'll lie beneath the sand with piped in tapes of Billy Grayham 
       Oh! take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn 

       Rock of ages, cleft for me, for a slightly higher fee 
       Oh! take me when I'm gone to Forest Lawn