My last breath
I wanna take with a smile
And no regrets
No hope of turnin' back that dial
Let the story I've written
Be somethin' worth leavin' behind

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When I'm gone
Tell them I laughed more than I shed tears
When I'm gone
Tell them I stared down all my fears
That I danced on a wire and I walked through the fire
That I lived every moment till that moment retired
So my life goes on, goes on when I'm gone
(oh, oh, oh) when I'm gone

Tell them I left that town
But it never left my soul
That I settled down but I never got old
If the house was packed and all raised a glass as the credits rolled

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Time don't last forever
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Time don't last forever
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
When I'm gone
Let my life go on, go on, go on

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