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How They Remember Youby Rascal Flatts

Album: How They Remember You (2020)Charted: 89 License This Song  songfacts ®artistfacts

• One, two, three, fourMmSprayed my name on a water towerCarved it in an old cottonwood treeSigned a bunch of high school yearbooksSo they wouldn't forget about meWasn't 'til I saw my daddy's name in stone I knewIt ain't a question of if they willIt's how they remember youDid you stand or did you fall?Build a bridge or build a wall?Hide your love or give it all?What did you do? What did you do?Did you make 'em laugh or make 'em cry?Did you quit or did you try?Live your dreams or let 'em die?What did you choose? What did you choose?When it all comes downIt ain't if, it's how they remember youWhen you're down to your last dollarWill you give or will you take?When the stiff wind blows the hardestWill you bend or will you break? (will you break?)You're gonna leave a legacy, no matter what you doIt ain't a question of if they willIt's how they remember youDid you stand or did you fall?Build a bridge or build a wall?Hide your love or give it all?What did you do? What did you do?Did you make 'em laugh or make 'em cry?Did you quit or did you try?Live your dreams or let 'em die?What did you choose? What did you choose?When it all comes downIt ain't if, it's how they remember youDid you make 'em laugh or make 'em cry?Did you quit or did you try?Live your dreams or let 'em die?What did you choose? (did you choose?)When it all comes downSee it ain't if, it's how they remember you(How they, how they remember you) ooh, yes it is(How they, how they remember you) (How they, how they remember you) how they remember you(How they, how they remember you)(How they, how they remember you) oh(How they, how they remember you)(How they, how they remember you) how do you want to be remembered(How they, how they remember you) how they remember you Writer/s: James Allen Shamblin, Josh Osborne, Marc Beeson Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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