I want to believe

I have something more to offer

I don't want to grieve

When the harvest has been weighed

When it's time to leave

Don't want to overstay my welcome

And I want to sleep

In the bed that I have made



When they lay me down

And put a marker on that ground

Let some good things grow around me there

That's my working prayer



I want to look back

And still keep on moving forward

Whatever I lack

I want to make up for somehow

And when I get off track

I want to find a way back on it

I want to be smack

In the middle of here and now



When they lay me down

And put a marker on that ground

Let some good things grow around me there

That's my working prayer



I want to make a case

For all of my uncounted blessings

A little extra grace

For my friends and family

Tell it to my face

Anything that I need telling

I want to leave a better place

Than the one first given me



When they lay me down

And put a marker on that ground

Let some good things grow around me there

That's my working prayer