This Time I Won't Forget

Album: Lunatic (2012)
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  • Oh, I will try
    But I tell you it ain't easy using only words
    And so I'll begin
    But I'll start at the end, the day I said so long my friend

    I still remember well
    His smile that would not die
    And the tears begin to swell
    Tears I dare not fight

    'Cause now I'm alive
    I'm taking my first breath
    Oh I'm alive
    And this time I won't forget

    Now I'm alive
    I'm taking my first breath
    Oh I'm alive
    And this time I won't forget

    Now as I look back
    Wish I'd known that someday soon he'd long be gone
    So, I will try
    To remember the end, the day I said so long my friend

    They go by many names
    Mother, father, brother, son
    And the tears begin to swell
    Tears I dare not fight

    'Cause now I'm alive
    I'm taking my first breath
    Oh I'm alive
    And this time I won't forget

    Now I'm alive
    I'm taking my first breath
    Oh I'm alive
    And this time I won't forget

    Oh I'm alive
    And this time I won't forget Writer/s: JOHN JOSEPH KONGOS
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Angie from Las VegasThis song haunts me. Lyrically and musically, it touches an interior chord within me. It speaks to me of death and life, a theme I like to explore anyhow.
  • Mel from TexasI'd like to know if Dylan or Danny played slide guitar on This Time I Won't Forget.
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