The whole ride home I thought about your life How you were just nineteen when you took a wife Thought of a young man, landing in France Braver then me, the first to show up at the dance I thought what you told me that night in Berlin How you may lose, but theres no way youll win About leaving your country when you were just ten You came to Wisconsin and they let you in My feels like a Pedal Steel My knows what is real Of all of the books that you told me to read Heres my little secret if youd stay and wont leave You left me your shirts, a belt buckle of pearl A legacy for me and my girl In this whole crazy life, so big and so small Theres so much to enjoy, but you cant do it all So you start everyday with a choice to decide You think of the others whove lived and whove died And you pray youll take as much away Youll have lived it as well at the end of the day Of all of the things I remember So many times to be missed In the end with a wink and a wave The old man just blew me a kiss Maybe if hed had a son Things might have been different somehow Maybe I wouldnt have known you And I wouldnt feel so fucked up now Maybe if I do my best, if I do everything I can do Ill consider my life a success if Im anything like you
whove, maybe, lived, thought, youll