and when i'm gone...

please speak well of me. - the weepies

i've been away

a year and a day.

you recognized love

after the fact.

you did what you did,

and that was that.

don't say words that you don't mean.

and when i'm gone, please speak well of me.

looking back now,

i only wish i had been kinder.

did i ever know love?

and could i have been blinder?

don't say words that you don't mean.

and when i'm gone, please speak well of me.

don't hold back all your love,

or someday.....

i would say that i'm sorry

if it would do any good.

but to never regret

means you have to forget,

and i don't think that i could.

don't say words that you don't mean.

and when i'm gone...

please. speak well of me.