When I die won't you please feed me
 To the lions of the Kalahari?
 I don't care if they eat my bones
 ?Cause I know I won't be goin? home
 
 Oh, it's never far away from me
 Oh, it's never far away from me
 
 Rubber on dust as the wheels go round
 I had never heard a sweeter sound
 Till the day that I heard my baby cry
 These things I shall carry until I die
 
 Oh, she's never far away from me
 Oh, she's never far away from me
 
 The rains came heavy and we closed our eyes
 And listened to the song pourin? from the skies
 Two miles from the border as the eagle flies
 But the desert is the same on the other side
 
 The leaves on Mt. Royal turn from green to gold
 And crimson as the autumn light takes hold
 October's here, I'm another year old
 There'll be more tellin? 'fore my story is told
 
 Oh, when I die won't you please feed me
 To the lions of the Kalahari?
 I don't care if they eat my bones
 'Cause I know I won't be goin? home
 
 Oh, it's never far away from me
 Oh, it's never far away from me
 
 Oh, she's never far away from me
 Oh, she's never far away from me
 
 Oh, it's never far away from me
 Oh, I'm never far away from you