Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
[Verse 2]
So Mike, he wakes up
His taste buds from mom's pancakes
He's late for work, it's eight
But wait, yesterday was his birthday
You know how that goes
He drank a little too much
Had fun, blew a few blunts
So he decided to call in late for work
He'll be in at lunch
HIs boss said it's fine
Wasn't mad at all
Mike was a great person, in fact, he had it all
Charm, charisma, a man always standin' tall
Even took a taxi home from all the alcohol
He was responsible
He made the impossible look possible
He had the same job for twenty years at the same hospital
Today's the first day of spring
He's lookin' out the porch window, he can hear the birds sing
He's got a smile on his face
Takes a deep breath and that's when the motherfuckin' phone rings
HIs mom's in the hospital in critical condition
He drops the phone and throws some clothes on
I can't express how he's feelin'
He dashes to his car screamin'
"God, please help"
Jumps in the ride, rides off
Forgets to fasten his seat belt
He's flippin' out screamin'
I gotta be dreamin'
She's too young to be leavin'
Presses on the gas
Go ahead, speed demon
Too much traffic so he's swervin' in the lanes
Past the red light, time slows down
That's when another car hits his side and Mike goes down
[Verse 3]
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
[Verse 4]
Crystal wakes up from a long night
She's feeling alright
Looks around
Only thing that she's missin' is a love life
As much as she puts up a front, she's dyin' inside
All smiles and cracks jokes but she's cryin' inside
So back to the story at hand
She's twenty three lookin' for a glorious man
Did I mention she has a little boy
But I think she's lost 'cause the guy that she talks to
Don't want nothing to do with her 'cause of her child
So she falls into depression, awesome
Not cool, and now her attitude is nuts too
Like, who are you dude?
I don't trust you
Get out of my face, fuck you
A lot of anger pent up
She used to have inner beauty
Now she's inner booty
And barely shows an inner cutie
She drinks herself to sleep after work
Who woulda thought that laughter hurts?
To her, it kills her after every slurp
Tonight she thinks why the hell is she on this worthless Earth?
So she decides to do something stupid
She sneaks in her parent's room and takes the gun so she can use it
Like teach her ex a lesson for bein' so abusive
Now let me remind you
She's been drinkin' like a psychotic abused chick
Headin' to the door and her child is sittin' on the couch
Looks at her and says, momma, where's daddy, I miss him
I'll be back, honey, I'll be sure to kiss him
[Verse 5]
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
[Verse 6]
If I die young, bury me in satin
(Yo, who is it?)
Lay me down on a bed of roses
(It's me, open up the door, it's rainin')
Sink me in the river at dawn
(What, what do you want?)
(Just open up the door, hurry up, I gotta talk to you)
Send me away with the words of a love song
(Okay, but you got five minutes, then you gotta go)
If I die young, bury me in satin
(Hey, Crystal, what is that?)
(Huh?) (No)
Lay me down on a bed of roses
(I fuckin' loved you)
(No)
Sink me in the river at dawn
(I'm so sorry, baby, I can't take this anymore)
Send me
[Verse 7]
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the
Written by: Eric Elterman, Keith Ciancia, Meshell Ndegeocello
