I went out to the woods
To walk the other day
I fell on my knees and prayed
Lord I prayed, O I prayed
I just fell on my knees and I prayed
The birds were calling
From high up in the trees
How sweetly they did sing!
O they sang, O they sang
"It's a good day to die today"
I said to myself
As I lay down by the stream
"It's a good day to die today"
Die today, die today
It's a good day to die today
The brown of the bark
And the deep green of the leaves
Fell like a shroud over me
Over me, over me
It just fell like a shroud over me
My days are as the gra**
Or like the morning flower
If one sharp blast sweeps o'er the field
It withers in an hour