when i die i hope they play what a wonderful world while the song birds cry and everything can move in slow motion in steps like it did when we were teenagers infinite in depth as the child bandits take off to map the state land the police men are wrestling with protester s hands the college graduates are gettin high with their dads burnin time cause they want it to last me i m just lying on the pavement watching helicopters pass drawing circles under heaven in geometrical paths the chaos spins in sync around me waiting for the leaves to change from this angle there is nothing left to rearrange ff i could only advance with my mom and my girlfriend holding my hands let the show start someone cue the opening band i m just an inch away from being pinched and waking up you owe me a chance well i finally found my footing but if i got the chance to do it all again i probably wouldn t in this incredible life and when i die i bet they ll write what a wonderful man where my headstone lies and everything can move in fast forward at once till flowers fill the baseball fields where we were young until the wind blows this property bare hollow and scared watching over you from the top of the stairs till my little brothers out grow the blonde in our hair and mia falls asleep dreaming in her hospital chair i know that gotta be fair through our mountain highs and pitfalls until the rooms that we grew up in turn to strip malls the old script writer still believes his movies coming soon the newly weds plan a suicidal honeymoon i know my best friends will never understand as the mail woman leaves the love letters in her van and the 21 year old soldier is finally home while the businessman buys stock in being alone it s an incredible life it s incredible right inevitable as night let the show start someone cue the opening band i still believe that you owed me a chance when i die