Left Their Mark

I was sittin' at a red light the other day When a motorcycle cop pulled up and stopped right in my way A black hearse came rolling by There must have been a thousand cars in that line And as I waited I couldn't help but think to myself There goes someone with lots of friends A family who could depend on them - through thick and thin I could tell by the tears in their eyes what they Must have meant to all their lives And I thought as I watched that goodbye parade unfurl There goes someone who touched some hearts and left their mark On the world Saw a story last night on the evening news How a soldier gave his own life to save his whole platoon An Honor guard lined up to shoot Then they fired that twenty-one gun salute A lone bugler played taps as they folded that flag There goes someone with lots of friends A country who could depend on him through thick and thin I could tell by the tears in their eyes what he Must have meant to all of their lives And I cried as I watched his wife hold their little girl There goes someone who touched some hearts and left their mark On this world I can only hope and pray that on my final day That I have made a difference where someone might say There goes someone with lots of friends A family who could depend on him through thick and thin As they remember me with the tears in their eyes And what I meant to all their lives I hope they say as my goodbye parade unfurls There goes someone who touched some hearts and left their mark On the world