Bobby Pinson - If I Don't Make It Back lyrics

rate me

We went out for beers and a couple laughs, knowin' full well that every bad joke

Jimmy told could be his last

So we laughed like the world wasn't at war, said things to him we'd never said before

And he teared up when he held up his glass

Said boys, if I don't make it back

Chorus:

Have a beer for me, don't waste no tears on me

On Friday nights sit on the visitor side and cheer for the home team

Drive my camaro ninety miles an hour down Red Rock Road

With Born to Run blastin' on the radio

Find someone good enough for Amy, who would love her like I would have

If I don't make it back

We said hey man that ain't gonna happen, don't even think like that

If we know you, you'll pull thru without a scratch

He pulled me aside in the parkin' lot, said Amy and me we're gonna tie the knot

And you're my best man, just wanted you to know that

In case I don't make it back

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

If the good Lord calls me home

I'd like to think my friends will think about me when I'm gone

Well Miller Lite ain't my brand, but I drink one every now and then

In his honor

And we ain't missed a home game yet, had that camaro at a hundred and ten

On Red Rock Road when the speakers blowed

And I introducted Amy to a friend of mine from Monroe

He's a good old boy, ah but you know, she just ain't ready

Yeah, this place just ain't the same

Without that smoke-blowin', rain-joke-tellin'

Fist-fightin', always-smilin, dear friend to me

Hold 'em proud and hold 'em high, let him hear you in the sky

To one hell of a guy

Here's to Jimmy

Yeah we gonna miss ya man