Woke up down by the Mississippi River
Trying to find my way back home.
I’ve been drinking too much on my liver
I don’t know where the time has gone
I’ve been chasing dreams that I will never know
With the wind always snapping at my feet
Freezing up North in the wind an snow
And sweating in the Southern heat
I’ve got to get back to where that old Missouri flows
I hope I make it in time to lie down and plant myself a cemetery rose
I’ve been working hard for five years and two months
Cause I hear the land up there ain’t cheap
But I’ve saved me a stack of pennies just high enough
To buy a plot that’s 6 feet deep
Cause I’ve got to get back to where that old Missouri flows
And I hope to make it in time lo lie down and plant myself a cemetery rose
Cemetery rose
I’ll get back to you
Cemetery Rose
To my family I’ll be true
Cemetery Rose
I’ll plant one for each of you
If it’s the last thing I do
Now I keep rowing up this old river
Breaking current seems every day
Some days I feel like I’m closer
While others I’m always further away
I’ve still got to get back to where that old Missouri flows
And I hope to make it in time to lie down and plant myself a cemetery rose
Cemetery rose
I’ll get back to you
Cemetery Rose
To my family I’ll be true
Cemetery Rose
I’ll plant 8
One for each of you
If it’s the last thing I do