5 Songs for Your Funeral - JohnDoe8865's Blog

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5 Songs for Your Funeral

Posted on December 18, 2008 at 01:31 AM.

I was thinking earlier today while driving and listening to music and I remembered when my cousin's father died suddenly and tragically a few years ago. He was still a young man of his 30s.

Apparently, he had written a living will and had some songs he really liked, so at his funeral some select classic rock songs were played and I felt like it really reflected the man's personality and also seemed to bring home the loss even more immediately.

Obviously, that left quite an impression on me. So as I still think about that from time to time, even today, I thought to myself - what would I want played at MY funeral? I'm limiting it to 5 songs, to make the choices harder and more important.

Obviously, I'd love some feedback from everyone who looks at this blog. That said - here are my 5 songs that I want played at my funeral when I die.

I will also post the order on which I'd like the songs played.

First Song - Dust In The Wind - Kansas
(Sums up Life)

Second Song - If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks
(For my 2 year old neice)

Third Song - He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
(for the few women that I have loved)

Fourth Song - Goodbye To Romance - Ozzy Osbourne
(One final goodbye to my friends)

Fifth (Final) Song - See You On The Other Side - Ozzy Osbourne
(Very Fitting in my opinion)

*If I got a bonus song - since it's my blog (LOL), then this would be the one*

Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Just a beautiful song full of meaning.