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 and living in the summer in Southland long ago And those dirty streets cried out for rain and this is what I know And the rains came and they only stopped just in time for snow And the icy cold still left 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 I 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 blacktop down Turned the prison up to the town I put the highways and the blacktop 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 cold and proud Let the night come in and lay my shroud I've never been to California 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! Yeah! Yeah! One, two, one, two, three, four! One, two, one, two, three, four! One, two, one, two, three, four!