[Verse 1]
You left your boots by the back porch swing,
Dust on the soles from an old gravel lane.
Your laugh still echoes through the pines,
But now it’s quiet, just the wind and time.
[Chorus]
Gone too soon, like a summer rain,
Here one moment, then gone again.
I raise my glass to the sky tonight,
To my best friend, who caught that flight.
[Verse 2]
Your tackle box sits by the shed out back,
A rusty hook still tied to the line you cast.
We were gonna hit the lake next June,
Now it’s me and the water, beneath that blue.
[Prechorus]
And I wonder, do you hear me call?
Up there beyond it all?
[Chorus]
Gone too soon, like a fleeting star,
Burning bright, but never far.
I hold my heart where your shadow stood,
For my best friend, gone for good.
[Bridge]
I see you in the fireflies,
In the red of a setting sun.
And I’ll meet you where the whiskey’s cold,
When my own race is run.