Couplet 1

Twenty three
Make a wish
Blow out the candles
But I still see
There’s an empty chair
Where you’re supposed to be
Next to me

Couplet 2

Twenty three
They say I got my whole life
In front of me
But ever since you left
It’s harder to believe
And these tears are teaching me

Refrain

Time ain’t no friend
All it ever does is end
How was I supposed
To know it’d be so soon
Oh but you sure made it count
Boy you ran that road right out
Made the most of every second
God gave you
And I’ll be lucky
To live half the life
With the time that He gives me
Than all the years you
Fit in only twenty three

Couplet 3

You were blowing out
Your candles just like me
You had that
I’m gonna live forever kinda free
But why up there and not with me

Refrain

Time ain’t no friend
All it ever does is end
How was I supposed
To know it’d be so soon
Oh but you sure made it count
Boy you ran that road right out
Made the most of every second
God gave you
And I’ll be lucky
To live half the life
With the time that He gives me
Than all the years you
Fit in only twenty three

Couplet 4

Twenty three
Here’s to one more trip
Around the sun for me
I know you and God
Are looking down on me
I’ll make you proud of me
In my twenty three