A lot of girlfriends broke up with me, I made it easy for them to do

But I broke up with a lot of them, maybe even broke a heart or two

Well I straight-up quit a whole lot of jobs, got fired from some too

Hung my hat in a whole lot of places, seemed I was always on the move

You can laugh about the crazy things I did when I'm gone

You can cry about the nice guy that I was when I'm gone

You can sigh about how little I tried when I'm gone

Shake your head about the stupid things I said when I'm gone

And maybe you'll remember this here song

Maybe you'll listen and sing along

When I'm gone

I've cheated, lied and stolen, should've learned more than a lesson or two

Tried to poison, torture and destroy myself, but every time I tried I'd lose

My big mouth got me in big trouble, had more than my share of the blues

Did as little as possible to get by, made it a challenge to coast and cruise

You can laugh about the crazy things I did when I'm gone

You can cry about the nice guy that I was when I'm gone

You can sigh about how little I tried when I'm gone

Shake your head about the stupid things I said when I'm gone

And maybe you'll remember this here song

Maybe you'll listen and sing along

When I'm gone

Learned to be hard-working and honest, somehow along the way

Lived and loved, lost and won, then this old wild man got tame

Settled in and settled down, even learned to filter what I say

Can't help but regret so many mistakes, I replay in my head every day

You can laugh about the crazy things I did when I'm gone

You can cry about the nice guy that I was when I'm gone

You can sigh about how little I tried when I'm gone

Shake your head about the stupid things I said when I'm gone

And maybe you'll remember this here song

Maybe you'll listen and sing along

When I'm gone