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VERSE 1:
We talked of everything he’d miss the day he heard the news
He would tell her goodbye and not give in to the blues
He’d make his kids a video for each of them to view                    
To say how much he loves them and what he hopes they’ll do           

VERSE 2:
He worried for his children but he knew they’d be okay
They were taught to be so strong and carry their own weight, 
One last thing he wanted, a selfish act of love
Something he would carry on his journey to above

CHORUS:
He said I’ll take the cards and letters, saved from all those times
Father’s Day and birthdays or when I crossed her mind
Each of them a vital part of the man I came to be
Don’t put me in a coffin, lay me in a box of memories

VERSE 3:
There’s a list beside the bed sayin’ who’ll get what
His daddy’s badge and grandpa’s knife, to him they meant a lot
A book of notes and poems and stories he once penned
He’ll leave them for his grandkids so they’d remember him

REPEAT CHORUS:

BRIDGE:
Today, I paid my last respects and said, “Farewell old friend”, 
You’re covered up with memories, made right to the end

REPEAT CHORUS:
We took your cards and letters, saved from all those times
Father’s Day and birthdays or when she crossed your mind
Each of them a vital part of the man you came to be
Now here you are surrounded by cherished things
We laid you in a box, a box of memories 
Yes, we laid you in a box, a box of memories