When I'm gone don't write love songs Don't cry teardrops All the things you didn't do Don't do them when I'm through Cause I won't feel my heartache Gone without my mourning Let me go, you've done it once before You can remember me as the man you didn't know When I'm gone console my family Show your face at my ceremony Leave my rest and I'll alone be But don't kid yourself my darlin' One dark sun shining morning I'll be gone you'll be the first to know You can remember me as the man you didn't know When I'm gone don't cry teardrops Don't write love songs All the things you didn't do Don't do them when I'm through Cause I won't feel my heartache Gone without my mourning Let me go, you've done it once before You can remember me as the man you didn't know You can remember me as the man you didn't know You can remember me as the man you didn't know