If I Die Sudden - John Mellencamp

If I die sudden

Please don’t tell anyone

There ain’t nobody that needs to know

That I’m gone

Just put me in a pine box

Six feet underground

Don’t be calling no minister

I don’t need one around

Well my grandma she told me

She’d be waiting at the gate

She said that the fix was in

And that she’s already prayed

And the rest of my family

Will be waiting there for me too

They’d already taken care of my sins

And there’s was nothing for me to do

So If I die sudden

Please don’t tell anyone

There ain’t nobody that needs to know

That I’m gone

Just put me in a pine box

Six feet underground

Don’t be calling no minister

I don’t need one around

I don’t need no preacher around

I got a little bit of money

Some papers you might want to see

I got a house down in Georgia

But let’s keep this brief

I’m not afraid of dying

This life’s been right to me

I got a whole bunch more than I deserve

And now I will be free

Yeah now I will be free

So If I die sudden

Don’t tell anyone

There ain’t nobody that needs to know

That I’m gone

Just put me in a pine box

Six feet underground

And don’t be calling no minister

I don’t need one around

I don’t need no preacher around