Balloons on Your Grave (Undressed)

Going eighty on the eighty, headed east to Salt Lake City

I stopped to stretch out my legs

That Elko cemetery was manicured and merry

And I had the run of the place

There were rows and rows of veterans laid out like questions

Then I saw a decorative blast

Your headstone was a party, colors bright and hardy

It seemed that your birthday just passed (there were...)

Balloons on your grave, homemade cards I would save

We all give our best love once you're gone

If we all lived forever I bet we would never

Feel the warm light of the dawn, if someday we wouldn't be gone

You were just a young man, it's crazy how life can

Just leave us asking what's it all for?

And it has me wondering what song I'll be hummin

When death comes to knock at my door

Balloons on your grave, homemade cards I would save

We all give our best love once you're gone

If we all lived forever I bet we would never

Feel the warm light of the dawn, if someday we wouldn't be gone

Here's to all the ones who leave us too soon

Back on the highway, it seems that it's my way

To hunt for the words that belong

And I hope there's enough time to find just the right rhyme

For the end of this song