Cheryl and Cathleen were writing their wills, and Cheryl realized that she really didn't care what happened to her things after she died, except for her guitars. This song is the result.
Cheryl posted a link to this Video of If I Die Before You after she wrote it:
- If I Die Before You
- Words And Music By
- Cheryl Wheeler
- If I die before you
- I don't care what you do
- with the biology
- that used to be me
- Though I hope they don't sap me
- for morbid display
- And I hope that you're happy...
- But not right away
- The stuff in my closet
- just jettison all
- The pants are too short
- The shoes are too small
- The shirts are too big
- What can I say?
- Time, sloth and cannabis
- made me that way
- Treat the guitars like the treasures they are
- They still have secrets to tell
- They may not know why I had to go
- and they've always been loved very well
- If I die before you
- It might not be all bad
- You can turn down the heat
- You can turn up the ads
- You can reset the toaster
- To maximum roast
- And then butter the cinders
- you like to call toast
- I will send you a message
- if ever I can
- Just to tell you I'm fine
- and it's not quite the end
- Or I might not be able
- I might just be dead
- or it might really be
- hot as they said.
- 3/9/16
- (P) 01 April 2016
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