i m still young but i know my days are numbered 1234567 and so on but a time will come when these numbers have all ended and all i ve ever seen will be forgotten won t you come to my funeral when my days are done life s not long and so i hope when i am finally dead and gone that you ll gather round when i am lowered into the ground when my coffin is sealed and i m safely 6 feet under perhaps my friends will see fit then to judge me oh when they pause to consider all my blunders i hope they won t be too quick to begrudge me won t you come to my funeral when my days are done life s not long and so i hope when i am finally dead and gone that you ll gather round when i am lowered into the ground if i should die before i wake up i pray that the lord my soul will take but my body my body that s your job well i can t be sure where i m headed after death to heaven hell or beyond to that great vast but if i can i would like to meet my maker there s one or two things i d sure like to ask won t you come to my funeral when my days are done life s not long and so i hope when i am finally dead and gone that you ll gather round when i am lowered into the ground