When I die Don't put me in the ground I don't want the soil to hold me down Bring me back to where I learned to swim When I was just a little child And I know it is morbid to say Just throw me in the lake Because I want to see the mountains Throw me in the lake Where I can swim Our dog, Benny, his ashes run the shores And the trees grew with the family Winding roads I could drive sleeping Lead us to the place we loved the most And I know it is morbid to say Throw me in the lake Because I want to see the mountains Throw me in the lake Where I can swim Some people want a funeral in a holy church Some people want to be a tree holding onto earth Some people need Jameson, forgiveness, and a wake But I just want you to take me back to Rutherford county and Throw me in the lake Because I want to see the mountains Throw me in the lake Where I can swim