Please don't let me die in Florida I don't care about my name If you catch me dying in Daytona Roll my bed onto a train ♪ I was born in Indian summer In the south end long ago Those dirty streets cry out for rain And this is what I know And the rain came and they only stopped Just in time for snow And the icey cold filled up my shoes And this is what I know Please don't let me die in Florida I don't care about my name If you catch me dying in Ocala Roll my bed onto a train ♪ Well, we went to war to fight the Japs When the war was over I threw my cap Just as far as you could throw a thing I went home and gave my girl a ring I put the highways and the black top down Turned the prairies into the towns And those hills gave way just like a wedding gown I put the highways and the black top down ♪ I don't need to see no mirror I ain't never gonna see my own face Just a reflection of somebody Who's gonna leave without a trace Roll me over them hills so gold and proud Let the night come in and lay my shroud I ain't never been to California, ay Maybe that's where I could end my days Don't let me die in Florida I don't care about my name If you catch me dying in Ocala Roll my bed onto a train, yeah ♪ (One, two, one, two, three, four) ♪ (One, two, one, two, three, four) ♪ (One, two, one, two, three, four) ♪ (One, two, one, two, three, four)