I NOTICED YOU WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT,
DID YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE YOUR LAST.
I WONDER WHAT YOU WERE THINKING,
JUST BEFORE YOU PASSED.

I SAW YOU WHISPER TO JR.
I WATCHED YOU KISS YOUR WIFE.
I SAW YOU RELAX FOR A MOMENT,
WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT YOUR LIFE.

WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT YOUR RACECARS,
THE ONES YOU WERE PUSHING ALONG.
LOOKING OUT FOR MIKEY,
CAUSE YOU KNEW IT HAD BEEN SO LONG.

OR MAYBE THINKING OF MARLIN,
TRYING TO GET BY.
I BET YOU WERE PROUD OF JR.
"MAN THAT KID CAN FLY!".

ITS SO HARD TO BELIEVE THIS SUNDAY,
YOU WONT BE COMING BACK.
THAT SUNDAY AT DAYTONA,
WAS YOUR LAST TIME ON THE TRACK.

YOU WONT BE OUT THERE RACING,
LIKE ALL THE TIMES BEFORE.
YOU'LL BE UP IN HEAVEN,
LOOKING DOWN FOREVERMORE.

SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOUR DADDY,
AN YOUR BEST FRIEND "GOOD OL' NEIL".
AS SAD AS WE ARE THAT YOU LEFT US,
WE THINK OF HOW HAPPY YOU FEEL.

SO WATCH OVER US ON RACEDAY,
AND WE'LL KEEP YOU IN OUR MEMORY.
FOR YOU'LL ALWAYS BE "THE MAN".
IN YOUR BLACK # THREE.....