Tombstone Song

I've got a few words for my grave

A tin treasure from a lonely life

I don't need a plot or a stone

to celebrate this shitstorm of strife

If you remember me be kind

If you don't i won't much care

For i won't be around to hear

I won't be anywhere

I don't have much use

for being honored or entombed

But these words might leave some light

on this planet of the doomed

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

I'm not saying these words bring joy

They're probably not even wise

Don't expect an excess of success

They might be a booby prize

An open heart can get you scalded

An open heart can get you smacked

An open mouth might get you scorned

An open mouth might get you attacked

But in a world where nothing's free

expectations are crass company

And in this abyss of alienation

open hearts are a revelation

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

So that's all i've got for you

Go on now and go

I hope you didn't need more

from this melancholy minstrel show

I'll fight the urge to add on

Ego is a gluttonous beast

But if you're here for my sendoff

just send away the priest

And if i'm not quite dead

give me some lovin' instead

'Til the day we dearly depart

all we need is an open heart

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"

"Hide nothing, expect nothing"