Remember Me With Laughter

- by James Best

When the autumn leaves are falling.

To cover the earth with gold.

As time runs out for the aged.

So little time left for the old.

Just to see one more Spring

Or to live for just one more fall

Would be a blessing.

That's all this old man's asking.

Just a few more months. That's all.

A few more moments with loved ones.

To say how much I cared.

And talk of the fun and laughter

That we have always shared.

We'll speak of all the loving times.

As we look back in the past.

But now must face the painful truth

That good times never last.

For soon now I must leave you

But my memory will not die.

For I shall always be, with you

If within your heart you'll try

To just remember me with laughter,

That way you'll never cry.