Whiskey in my Coffin Lyrics

My brother, rest his soul, was a half and not a whole

I never saw a man hold something so dear

There's no woman loved her man; I don't think they even can

Love anything the way he loved his beer

Just before he died, he called me to his side

"Brother, won't you grant my last request?

If in hell I'm to be lashed, I intend on being smashed

So, remember this when you put me to rest"

Just pour whiskey in my coffin when I die

And there will be no cause for you to cry

If I make it past St. Peter, I'll send it down like the rain

And if I go the other way it'll ease my pain

Once some time had passed, and he'd expired at last

No one could say I didn't listen to him

I knew it would be wrong to let him suffer in the great beyond

So I filled an extra wide coffin to the brim

A week without a sign went by. I feared he was damned and dry

So, the whole town began to mourn

Tears began to fall, then without warning at all

Out of blue there came a storm

Because how quick it came, we all got caught in the rain

Everyone got soaked, one and all

Cursing at the top of my lungs, when a drop fell on my tongue

And praise be to God... it was alcohol

Just pour whiskey in my coffin when I die

And there will be no cause for you to cry

If I make it past St. Peter I'll send it down like the rain

And if I go the other way it'll ease my pain

People shouted Hallelujahs! Best time there ever was

Hard to think the day started so grim

Now my brother, he, is famed for generosity

Though it was the only time drinks were on him

Brother's tale left town, traveled all around

Now a lot of people will do the same

People talk about it still, best time we had until

The old hippie died. Then we got acid rain

So, pour whiskey in my coffin when I die

And there will be no cause for you to cry

If I make it past St. Peter, I'll send it down like the rain

And if I go the other way it'll ease my pain