One Dyin' and a Buryin' Roger Miller Words and Music by Roger Miller (Spoken) Well, I think I finally found me a sure-fire way to forget; It’s so simple, I’m surprised I hadn’t done thought of it before yet. It’s foolproof -- well it’s foolhardy, maybe, but who knows -- Anyway, here I am, walkin’ down toward where the cold, dark water flows. All it takes is... One dyin’ and a buryin’, one dyin’ and a buryin’ -- Some cryin’, six carryin’ me, I wanta to be free. (Spoken) Oh-ho, I wanta be free, free from all this heartache and regret, And free from pinin’ for the love I can’t forget. The love that once was warm and then just somehow turned to hate, Made my life a prison from which there’s only one escape -- That’s... One dyin’ and a buryin’, one dyin’ and a buryin’ -- Some cryin’, six carryin’ me, I wanta to be free. One dyin’ and a buryin’, one dyin’ and a buryin’ -- Some cryin’, six carryin’ me... I wanta to be free. From: "Roy T. O'Conner"