Here's how I'd like things to go down
Please don't leave me in the ground
Put all my ashes in can
Drive up north in the van
Roll down the windows and play The Band
And take me to the place
Where we spent all those days
And throw me to the wind
Off of the dock where we'd swim
That's where I'd love to begin
Where I'd love to begin
In my piano bench you'll find
Something for you I left behind
Then put my notebooks in a pile
Strike a match and light a fire
There's nothing left that's worth while
Then take me to the place
Where we spent all those days
And throw me to the wind
Off of the dock where we'd swim
That's how I'd love this to end
That's how I'd love this to end
That's how I'd love this to end
How I'd love this to end
We Three were driving west
Trying to digest
Yet another test
Yet another thing about you wrong
And I just wasn't talking
And you, you weren't stopping
And she started crying
As soon as we stopped moving
And the tension was rising
As the traffic kept piling
And so we're just sitting there
In the sun as it glares
As everyone just stares
Out their windows
Thinking this ain't fair
And my mind can't stop swimming
From saving us to sinking
While everyone's been singing
How great we've both been dealing
With the cards that just weren't falling
Exactly how we once saw them
And then something suddenly
Made us feel like we
Were rising from the debris
And it sounded just like New Orleans
A man out on delivery
Of Kit Kats and Sweet Marie's
Passed by us on the street
Playing a trumpet while steering with his knees
And his song blew like a summer breeze
Turning a funeral march to a jubilee
And as the music faded east
We felt like we were back on our feet