The Dash

As soon as you're born you get to living

That clock of yours, it starts ticking and you

Never know how long your road will ride

They don't hand you a map, it's

Up to you to write your path and to me

That's the sweetest part of life

'Cause when the good Lord calls me home

It's just me and my restless soul

Waiting up there by the pearly gates

When they carve my name in stone

And they plant that rock above my bones

I won't give a damn about the dates

It ain't the day that I was born

Or the day that I passed

It's all the living I did in the dash

It's all the home runs you hit and

All the times you swung and missed in the

Sunset in the red dress in the crack

It's the smiles on peoples' faces

And the miles that got you places and

All the I love you's you said out loud

'Cause when the good Lord calls me home

It's just me and my restless soul

Waiting up there by the pearly gates

When they carve my name in stone

And they plant that rock above my bones

I won't give a damn about the dates

It ain't the day that I was born

Or the day that I passed

It's all the living I did in the dash

Ain't it funny how they fit someone's whole life

Right there inside the little line

'Cause when the good Lord calls me home

It's just me and my restless soul

Waiting up there by the pearly gates

When they carve my name in stone

And they plant that rock above my bones

I won't give a damn about the dates

It ain't the day that I was born

Or the day that I pass

It's all the life we shared in the dash

It ain't the day that I was born

Or the day He calls me back

It's all the living I did in the dash