When I'M Gone

He was my father's cousin
And mine twice removed
A family man, hard-working
He left this world too soon
I sat in the church pew
Tears filled up my eyes
As all his friends and family
Talked about his life

They said he was the best friend
A man could ever have
A son and a husband
A jokester and a dad
And it sure got me thinking
As they laid his body down
What story will be told
When my time comes around

When I'm gone, will they care
How much money that I made?
Will my success or failure
Be the measure of my days?
Or was my love all that mattered all along?
What will they say about me when I'm gone?

I wanna think they have no doubt
How much I really cared
Or have I been too busy
Have I been more gone than there?
Nobody lives forever
And it's starting to sink in
The way I'm living now
Will be the way they tell it then

When I'm gone, will they care
How much money that I made?
Will my success or failure
Be the measure of my days?
Or was my love all that mattered all along?
Oh, what will they say about me when I'm gone?

When I'm gone, will they care
How much money that I made?
Will my success or failure
Be the measure of my days?
Or was my love all that mattered all along?
Oh, what will they say about me when I'm gone?