The Dash

(Intro) 2x , (Verse) Whole town showed up, gymnasium filled Floor was wet, from all the tears spilled And the preacher man said, we're all gathered today And I'll never forget, what he had to say It's always too soon, it's always too fast There'll never come a day That you don't want 'em back It ain't about the numbers Chiseled in concrete It's how they lived their lives In the dash between, in the dash between (Verse) He was a steelworker's son, homecoming king He trained day and night, for that championship ring He found him a girl, made her his queen And he fought for his country, and he gave it everything It's always too soon, it's always too fast There'll never come a day That you don't want 'em back It ain't about the numbers Chiseled in concrete It's how they lived their lives In the dash between, in the dash between (bridge) Their first breath and their last Marks all the memories of the past That little black line defines a legacy (Instrumental) , (Chorus out) (Chorus) It's always too soon, it's always too fast They're always too young, it's always so sad It ain't about the numbers Chiseled in concrete It's how they lived their lives (stop) In the dash between, in the dash between, in the dash between, (reprise) 4x ,