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Holding on to you when my time runs out We'll be in a different story Watching over you even when I'm gone It's not my fault but I'm still sorry It's a long way, but you're gonna laugh Like you used to when I took this photograph I will fade away when the sun goes down You're not alone cause I'll be holding on I take a step back, look up in the sky Think about the time that I had you in my life Lived 96 years, full of happiness and cheers And I'm so damn grateful that I had you by my side Cause you're a class act and you're such a fighter You were the bond, that held us tighter Now you're gone, lets raise a lighter To the lives you touched, you made them brighter You took care of your body, took care of your fam And I got enough material I could write a whole book Instead I'll say thanks, thanks for how you lived, thanks for all you did and the sacrifice it took You're the last of a generation, dying nation, no elation, now I gotta make it, got no time to kill Luckily I got your daughter, mom to me, to guide us on through, she a legend for real Holding on to you when my time runs out We'll be in a different story Watching over you even when I'm gone It's not my fault but I'm still sorry It's a long way, but you're gonna laugh Like you used to when I took this photograph I will fade away when the sun goes down You're not alone cause I'll be holding on Made it through the long nights, bombing in the 40s Saw your mother pass in your arms, just a teen Man of the house, so you had to get the green Standout engineer, first class, first team Built up a family then left the UK, man I even got the clipping right here Traditional man, putting in the work, took em' all camping and never showed fear Then when grandma was sick never let her leave your side And that really stuck with me in a generation lost Cause we've really gone soft, really lost touch Losing sight of stepping up when our times are getting tough But of everything I've learned to be a man of your word Stick to your guns, always put your love first In life there's a lesson, life with you was a blessing Say hi to grandma when you see her up in heaven Holding on to you when my time runs out We'll be in a different story Watching over you even when I'm gone It's not my fault but I'm still sorry It's a long way, but you're gonna laugh Like you used to when I took this photograph I will fade away when the sun goes down You're not alone cause I'll be holding on