Hey, Gert, it's dad Calling to wish you a happy birthday Hope you're having a great time out in California Just calling to check on you Love you Bye Had a dream the 27 Club was waiting on me Couldn't bear another birthday cake just short of my dreams So I wrote a farewell letter to my friends and family Waited for the rain and wrapped my car around a tree The funeral was beautiful but I was surprised Even the girls I knew from high school all had tears in their eyes My brothers and my sisters held each other for dear life My mother, oh my God, I couldn't even stand the sight I woke up and I heard a voice that said Here's a list of what you'd miss if you were dead The stars in the sky, the tear in his eye When you're standing at the altar The phone calls from your father The nights you hardly survived But you made it to the morning That's gotta count for something The truth is no one makes it out alive But I'm gonna try Smoke is finally clearing and I'm looking around Joey's got a nice girlfriend and Joel's moving out We've been trading weekend benders for nights in on the couch We're all getting older and it's better somehow And I met someone who's good to me I'm learning to be good to me I think we're gonna make it Oh, to think that I would trade it for The stars in the sky, the tear in his eye When I'm standing at the altar The phone calls from my father The nights I hardly survived But I made it to the morning That's gotta count for something The truth is no one makes it out alive But I'm gonna try I'm gonna try I'm gonna try to find the silver lining Believe in perfect timing Not everything I think about myself is true So I think I'll keep The stars in the sky, the tear in his eye When we're standing at the altar The phone calls from my father The nights we hardly survived But we made it to the morning That's gotta count for something The truth is no one makes it out alive But I'm gonna try