Bury Me High

when i die bury me high
 take my ashes
 spread them where i had good luck
 take my ashes
 spread them where i was brave
 do not bury me
 i do not want to feel stuck
 do not bury me
 don't you put me in no grave
 when i die, let me fly
 over the mountain down the mountainside
 and when you lay me down real slow
 lay me down under the undertow
 when i'm finally old and gray
 take me to places far away
 let me go, and for me sing:
 "at last you're part of everything."
 let a teaspoon go
 in the streets of Seattle
 where i grew up
 had little luck (but i was brave)
 let another go
 in the State Capitol
 and all my friends there will feel me in the air
 when i die bury me high
 take my ashes
 spread them where i had great love
 take my ashes
 spread them where i was made
 do not bury me
 of flight, i've not had enough
 do not bury me
 don't you put me in no grave
 reunite me
 with the earth we all come from
 please divide me
 so at last i can be one
 carry me to the beaches
 of oceans my feet often kissed
 take me to the reaches
 of the woods that i have missed
 fly me on a plane
 to France or Greece or Spain
 Argentina or Brazil
 ain't been yet but surely will
 and if i like the Caribbean
 let a spoonful mix in with their sands
 and if i fall in love in the Netherlands
 let another one out into their winds
 when i die bury me high
 take my ashes
 spread them where i had good luck
 take my ashes
 spread them where i was brave
 do not bury me
 i do not want to feel stuck
 do not bury me
 don't you put me in no grave
 when i die
 bury me high