"My Dash"

"MY DASH"
(David Wood - 2009)

(WELL) I SAW MY TOMBSTONE IN MY DREAMS LAST NIGHT,
STANDING PROUDLY, IN THE GRASS.
(AND) I LOOKED UPON IT WITH SOME WONDERMENT,
AT JUST HOW THIS CAME TO PASS.

NOW, IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE, TO VIEW YOUR LIFE,
FROM A PLACE, TWO STEPS AWAY,
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD SEE,
LOOKIN', AT YOUR STONE THAT DAY

YOU'LD SEE YOUR NAME, AND THE YEAR OF YOUR BIRTH,
YOU'LD SEE THE YEAR YOU PASSED.
BUT ON THAT STONE, BETWEEN THOSE DATES,
WILL BE THAT ALL IMPORTANT DASH.

CHORUS:

IT'S NOT THE YEAR THAT YOU WERE BORN,
NOT THE YEAR THAT YOU PASSED.
IT'S WHAT CAME BETWEEN THAT COUNTS FOR ALL,
IT'S HOW YOU LIVED THAT DASH.


(WELL) I LOOKED UPON THAT STONE THAT DAY,
AND WONDERED HOW IT WENT SO FAST,
DID I LIVE MY LIFE DOING WHAT I SHOULD,
HOW DID I, LIVE MY DASH.

WITH A QUICK LOOK BACK, FROM WHERE I STOOD,
I SAW SOME ROADS, THAT I HAD PASSED,
THAT WOULD HAVE MADE FOR, BETTER YEARS,
AND A DEEPER, FULLER DASH.

(THEN)I WOKE, AND I WONDERED AT MY DREAM,
(AND) I REALIZED IN A FLASH,
THERE'S STILL A CHANCE, TO GET IT RIGHT,
THERE'S STILL TIME, TO LIVE MY DASH.

CHORUS:

IT'S NOT THE YEAR THAT YOU WERE BORN,
NOT THE YEAR THAT YOU PASSED,
IT'S WHAT CAME BETWEEN THAT COUNTS FOR ALL,
IT'S HOW YOU LIVED THAT DASH.

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