You know I hate to talk about this subject
But for some reason it's been heavy on your mind
How you've lived your life and all that you made of it
You say you're sorry that you don't have more that you will leave behind

Oh you know I wish that you'd just live forever
And you spend up all the money that you've saved
And we could just keep doing things together
The most important thing I need you already gave

You gave me you, you gave me time
You helped me understand this life that I call mine
You don't have to leave a fortune behind
Cause you gave me time

You could have spent more nights down at the office
You were smart enough to make the big-time deals
But your heart brought you home to us every evening
You were always there to say the prayers before our evening meals

Oh you must have pitched me half a million baseballs
You taught me how to stand close to the plate
And we must have caught at least nine hundred catfish
I can't put a price on all I learned in our talks down by that lake

You gave me you, you gave me time
You helped me understand this life that I call mine
You don't have to leave a fortune behind
Cause you gave me time

So put your mind at rest and don't you worry
There's nothing on this earth that's worth the gift you gave to me

You gave me you, you gave me time
You helped me understand this life that I call mine
You don't have to leave a fortune behind
Cause you gave me time