Old Fashioned Goodbye

When the sky opens up

And it's time for me to go

Wrap me up good, throw me in the hole

Drink a little whiskey, pass around a hat

Play delta blues

From the bottom of your heart

I want an old fashioned goodbye

I want an old fashioned goodbye

No need to cry

No need to carry me down the aisle

I want an old fashioned goodbye

When the old tree falls

And there's nothing but the root

Let it swallow me up

I want to sink into the earth

Drink a little whiskey

Drive out the west

Play delta blues, remember me at my best

I want an old fashioned goodbye

I want an old fashioned goodbye

No need to cry

No need to carry me down the aisle

I want an old fashioned goodbye

Sink your sorrow in a heavy cup

When it's dead it's done

There's no point looking back

Tomorrow the sun it will come

As you know life it does go on

When the fickle man calls

And he's broken all the hearts

Bury me deep forget all the past

And sometime in May when the daffodils fall

You'll sit and watch me grow

I want an old fashioned goodbye

I want an old fashioned goodbye

No need to cry

No need to carry me down the aisle

I want an old fashioned goodbye