My Songs

One Last Request Before I Die

Verse 1

A time will come,

When I am no longer here.

Don't be sad,

Don't you shed a tear.

The pain won't last long,

You've got to be strong.

I've held on,

I've tried to stay,

I hope my memory,

In your mind will never fade,

Chorus

This is my one last request before I die,

That you grow up to be that guy,

That makes your momma proud.

I want you to find a real good woman an' settle down,

Buy a nice little house on the edge of town

Don't you go following in my footsteps, now, ya' hear?

 Verse 2

Other kid's dad's left work at work,

Came home and played with their kids,

Down deep in the dirt,

I know you always wondered,

Why that never was,

And the only answer I could ever give you,

Was because,

You never understood,

I never expected you to,

We just tresured the time,

The time we had,

You said when this day would come,

You would't be sad, 

Keep that promise,

For the day that I leave,

Find another way,

Another way to grieve

Chorus

 This is my one last request before I die,

That you grow up to be that guy,

That makes your momma proud.

I want you to find a real good woman an' settle down,

Buy a nice little house on the edge of town

Don't you go following in my footsteps, now, ya' hear?

Bridge

 I was there for your first steps,

The first time you said my name,

It's no one's fault,

This is not the game of blame,

I miss the times,

I used to hold you close,

Stare into your eyes,

Lying nose to nose.

I was there for all of it,

You just can't remember,

The times we had,

I never surrendered. 

Chorus

This is my one last request before I die,

That you grow up to be that guy,

That makes your momma proud.

I want you to find a real good woman an' settle down,

Buy a nice little house on the edge of town

Don't you go following in my footsteps, now, ya' hear?