Wildflower Bouquet - Over the Rhine

If I die in the winter send roses

In the spring, magnolias

If I’m called in the summer or in the fall

Best of all — bring me a wildflower bouquet

In the dirt and clay don’t lay me down

And stare at a cold lonely hole in the ground

When I go to my Maker in smoke and ash

It won’t be your grief I crave

Your tears will not be necessary

Build a blazing fire, drink something merry

When the sparks fly off into the wind

That will be me blowing away

Bury my ashes with the dogs I’ve loved

My faithful companions from God above

And ‘neath a sycamore we’ll grow strong

And the roots will bear us away

If my one true Love should join me there

Mother nature soon will be aware

That sycamore will thrum and sing

And we’ll have left it that way

So I don’t want you to feel sorry

God knows how I despise your pity

And I’ll no longer bear the weight of worry

Those angry robes all fall away

I’ll be singing loud and laughing long

A blaze of glory and an untold song

So there’s no need for tears my friend

Just bring a wildflower bouquet

If I die in the winter send roses

In the springtime, magnolias

If I’m called in the summer or in the fall

Best of all — bring me a wildflower bouquet

Best of all — bring me a wildflower bouquet