I spent my life playing dice and the horses
From Saratoga to Timbuktu
And now that I'm running my last mile honey
Please make my wish come true
All I want is a lavender coffin
White cardinias all around
Swing band playing a funeral March
And lower me into the holy ground
All I want is eleven sweet maidens
They're all singing that you've got to be hip
Singing around my new lavander coffin
And a swinging on the funeral stairs
Saint Peter
I'm a comin'
I'm a comin'
Yeah
To stay
I ain't been bad
So open up those gates on my judgement day
Hear those angels so solomny singing
Gabriel blowing a mournful sound
All I want is a lavender coffin
When they lower me into the holy ground
Saint Peter
I'm a comin'
I'm a comin'
Yeah
To stay
I ain't been bad
So open up those gates on my judgement day
Hear those angels so solomny singing
Gabriel blowing a mournful sound
All I want is a lavender coffin
When they lower me into the holy ground