Die With A Smile

Verse 1

There's a little more blue in the evening sky

Than I remember from the days gone by

The trees outside have grown so tall

I used to see the rooftops, now I see them all

I left some things I meant to do

Some old friends I never followed through

But there's a photograph beside my bed

Of a summer I still remember

Pre-Chorus

And I don't think I need to know

Where all the years are gonna go

If there's a little time left on the clock

I'd like to spend it watching the sun go down

Chorus

If I die with a smile

Let it be for the little while

We had the lights on, the windows wide

And someone laughing on the other side

If I go before the morning

Before the birds begin their song

I hope the world keeps turning

And the people I love carry on

I think I'd die with a smile

Verse 2

I never found the perfect words

For all the things I thought and heard

I never made it anywhere too far

But I knew the way back home by heart

There's a song I used to play too loud

A little place beneath the clouds

A voice I haven't heard in years

That still sounds familiar in my ears

Pre-Chorus

And I don't think I need to know

If there's another place to go

If there's a little time left on the clock

I'd like to spend it watching the sun go down

Chorus

If I die with a smile

Let it be for the little while

We had the lights on, the windows wide

And someone laughing on the other side

If I go before the morning

Before the birds begin their song

I hope the world keeps turning

And the people I love carry on

I think I'd die with a smile

Bridge

I think about the things I'll miss

The smell of rain, the morning mist

The way the curtains move at night

The kitchen with its yellow light

And I know there's more I haven't seen

More roads and towns and in-betweens

But I was here, and that's alright

I got to see the world a little while

Final Chorus

If I die with a smile

Let it be for the little while

For all the days that went nowhere

For all the people who were there

If I go before the morning

Before the birds begin their song

I hope the world keeps turning

I hope the people I love carry on

And if the sky is getting brighter

And the room is getting quiet

I think I'll close my eyes a little

And die with a smile

Outro

There's a little more blue in the evening sky

The trees outside have grown so high

And somewhere, someone starts to sing

I think I'll let the morning in