Lyrics Bury Me in My Shades - Shel Silverstein

Bury Me in My Shades - Shel Silverstein
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Date of issue: 17.08.2021
Song language: English

Bury Me in My Shades

In a pad with no heat, up on Sullivan Street,\nThe last of the hipsters lay dyin'.\nWearin' his shades, so like no one could tell\nLike whether or not he was cryin'.\nAll the junkies and loners\nAn' coffee shop owners\nWere all gathered 'round his bed.\nHe took one last puff\nOf some imported stuff\nAnd this are the last words he said.\nHe said, «Send my sandals home to Mom,\nHang my T-shirt away.\nBurn my guitar\nIn Washington Squar',\n'Cause I never learned how to play.\nGive my pad\nTo some needy lad\nAnd tell him the rent is all paid.\nKeep my cash,\nAn' my stash,\nAn' my hash,\nBut bury me in my shades.\nBury me in my shades, boys,\nBury me in my shades.\nBurn my guitar\nIn Washington Squar',\nBut bury me in my shades."\nHe said, «Give my Brooklyn chicks away\nTo anyone who needs 'em.\nGive all of my poems away\nTo anyone who’ll read 'em.\nDig me a grave 'neath the coffeeshop,\nAnd let a sad folksong be played.\nGet everyone high\nOn the moment I die,\nBury me in my shades.\nBury me in my shades, boys,\nBury me in my shades.\nBurn my guitar\nIn Washington Squar',\nBut bury me in my shades."\nWe threw his sandals out in the hall,\nWe left his T-shirt lay.\nWe sold his guitar\nAt the corner bar\nTo someone who knew how to play.\nWe smoked all his stash,\nAnd spent all his cash,\nAnd threw all his poems away.\nAnd Bob got his records,\nAnd Ed got his books,\nAnd I got the poor beatnik shades.\n«Bury me in my shades, boys,"he said,\n«Bury me in my shades.\nBurn my guitar\nIn Washington Squar',\nBut bury me in my shades.»

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Artist lyrics: Shel Silverstein