Whole town showed up

Gymnasium filled

Floor was wet

From all the tears spilled

And the preacher man said

We're all gathered today

And I'll never forget

What he had to say.

[Chorus]

It's always too soon

It's always too fast

There'll never come a day

That you don't want 'em back

It ain't about the numbers

Chiseled in concrete

It's how they lived their lives

In the dash between

In the dash between.

He was a steelworker's son

Homecoming king

He trained day and night

For that championship ring

He found him a girl

Made her his queen

And he fought for his country

And he gave it everything.

[Chorus]

It's always too soon

It's always too fast

There'll never come a day

That you don't want 'em back

It ain't about the numbers

Chiseled in concrete

It's how they lived their lives

In the dash between

In the dash between.

Their first breath and their last

Marks all the memories of the past

That little black line defines a legacy.

It's always too soon

It's always too fast

They're always too young

It's always so sad

It ain't about the numbers

Chiseled in concrete

It's how they lived their lives

In the dash between

In the dash between

In the dash between.