Make You Proud

It's been seven years
Since I last saw you
I'm fighting back tears
There's so much that I never got to say

I'm facing my fears
I wish I could call you and tell you that
I wish you were here
But you're gone, gone, gone, gone

Now every September
I can't sleep at all
Can't help but remember that smile on your face
The one that you wore through the pain

And now that you're gone there's a hole in my heart
It's hard to move on 'cause it tears me apart inside
Yeah, I wish you were here tonight

I still pretend that you're here
You're up in there in heaven
But someday I swear you'll come down
Put your feet on the ground
And it might sound crazy
But I know that somewhere somehow

I'll see you again
And tell you about all of the places I've been
Every day that I live
All that I want is to make you proud

As I travel the world
I keep catching glimpses
Of the happiest girl
And somehow I know that it must've been you

I guess that you've heard
I'm chasing my dreams and it's all 'cause of you
Though you don't say a word
I know that you're here with me too

Now when it's February
I daydream and think of when you might get married
To someone deserving
Of someone who loves like you do

You would've had such a beautiful family
And someone like you just deserves to be happy
It tears me apart
'Cause I wish you were here tonight

I still pretend that you're here
You're up in there in heaven
But someday I swear you'll come down
Put your feet on the ground
And it might sound crazy
But I know that somewhere somehow

I'll see you again
And tell you about all of the places I've been
Every day that I live
All that I want is to make you proud

And sometimes I still hear the sound
Of your voice ringing out
And somehow
I know you're still around
Looking down from up there in the clouds
All that I want is to make you proud