All my father's legacy is handed down on angel wings,
A bittersweet melody is now mine to sing.
Every precious memory and broken-hearted tragedy,
Will walk into eternity but not fade away.
If you will go and not return, leave me some words of wisdom.
If I cannot follow anymore, I promise to teach what I have learned.
If you will go and not return...
How do years so far away so suddenly evaporate?
Fortune smiles with teeth of jade and the greediest eyes.
How I long for that embrace, the strongest arms and troubled face,
Smoky air and awkward grace that made me feel safe.
If you will go and not return, leave me some words of wisdom.
If I cannot follow anymore, I promise to teach what I have learned.
If you will go and not return...
Who was it that said to me that heroes will live forever?
And where are they now, now that I'm standing alone?
If you will go and not return, leave me some words of wisdom.
If I cannot follow anymore, I promise to teach what I have learned.
(2x)
If you will go and not return...All eyes look up to me
High above the filthy streets
Heed no bullhorn when it calls
Watch me fly and die, watch me fall
I'm the boy they can't ignore,
For the first time in my life, I'm sure
All the love sent up high to pledge
Won't reach the ledge
Wind blows cold from the west
I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the press (on their breath?)
A girl that I knew once years ago
Is tryin' to be reached on the phone
I'm the boy she can't ignore,
for the first time in my life, I'm sure
All the love sent up high to pledge...
(Repeat)
Priest kneels silent, all is still
Policeman reaches from the sill
Watch him, watch him try his best
There'll be no medal pinned to his chest
I'm the boy they couldn't ignore,
for the first time in my life, I'm sure
(Repeat)
I'm the boy for the last time in my life
All the love that they pledge
For the last time will not reach the ledge