If I die before I get it done, will you decide?
Take my words and turn them into signs that will survive
Because a long time ago, I knew not to deprive
It's safe out there and now you're everywhere, just like the skies
You are love, you are the love supreme, you are the rye
And when you hear this, you know its your jam, it's your goodbye

Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
And when the drummer drums, he's gonna play my song to carry me along
Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
And when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong

We all crossed when we were feeling lost, it's just the time
Kateri cried the day her lover died, she recognized
Because ya gave her a life of real love, it's no surprise
The night's are long, but the years are short when you're alive
Way back when would never be again, it was a time.
It's gonna catch you, so glad I met you, to walk a line

Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
And when the drummer drums, he's gonna play my song to carry me along
Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
And when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong

Come get me!
Hey! Hey!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
And when the drummer drums, he's gonna play my song to carry me along
Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
And when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong
Let me live, so when it's time to die, even the reaper cries
Let me die, so when it's time to live, another son will rise

I said yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
I said yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

And when the drummer drums, he's gonna play my song to carry me along

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone

(I said yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)

And when the boatman comes to ferry me away to where we all belong

(I said yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)

Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone
Like I said, you know I'm almost dead, you know I'm almost gone