When I’m Gone

Verse 1: 

When I'm gone, don't remember all the harsh words and hard nights, 

As we struggled as parents when you were young, 

Please forgive me for my selfishness and arrogance  

As I tried to seek acceptance and outside approval. 

 Chorus:  

Just remember all the love, all the times with happiness, 

 memories we hold so dear,  

Remember times we were so alive with laughter  

that we cried some tears, 

 But most of all my greatest goal as God's woman – 

 I would consider my life a loss and my failed legacy 

If I didn't guide you to God. 

Verse 2: 

If you recall the toughest times as family,  

Remember the joys and blessings, too  

Answered prayers long forgotten, 

Dad and I tried to rehearse them anew, 

In spite of us, listing all the things God's done, 

And how He carried us through. 

Chorus:  

Just remember all the love, all the times with happiness, 

 memories we hold so dear,  

Remember times we were so alive with laughter  

that we cried some tears, 

 But most of all my greatest goal as God's woman – 

 I would consider my life a loss and my failed legacy 

If I didn't show you to God. 

Bridge: 

When life's storms come, and the nights feel too long, 

 Look back and see, the Lord's strength held us together, built and solid 

In God's heart that's where you'll find a song 

 Of love and faith, where you truly belong. 

Verse 3: 

Remember the picnics in the summer, 

 running through the woods and fields,  

Chasing dreams and catching fireflies, 

 And the stories that we shared  

Where we poured out our hearts and healed, 

 in those moments, through Christ, we were made alive 

Chorus: 

Just remember all the love, all the times with happiness, 

 memories we hold so dear,  

Remember times we were so alive with laughter  

that we cried some tears, 

 But most of all my greatest goal as God's woman – 

 I would consider my life a loss and my failed legacy 

If I didn't shepherd you to God. 

Outro 

Remember, you haven’t gone too far, 

No sin is beyond His reach 

Jesus is near 

Available to make you new 

Then I’ll see you on the other side . . .  

When I’m gone, keep the fire burning bright, 

In your heart, keep the faith and carry the light, 

For in you, my legacy will remain, 

And His love will never fail.