Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me

I enjoy an accolade like the rest

if you could take my picture and hang it in a gallery

 with all the who's who and so and so's that used to be the best

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at such and such ...it wouldn't matter much

I won't lie it feels alright to see your name in lights

we all need an atta boy or atta girl

in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides

 the temporary trappings of this world

Chorus

 I wanna leave a legacy

 How will they remember me

 Did I choose to love

 Did I point to you enough to make a mark on things

 I want to leave an offering

 A child of mercy and grace who blessed your name unapologetically

  – – -

And leave that kind of legacy

Verse 2

I don't have to look too far or too long awhile

To make a lengthy list of all that I enjoy.

It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile

 Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon enough destroy.

Chorus

Bridge

Not well-traveled not well-read

Not well to do or well-bred

I just want to hear instead

 "Well done," good and faithful one!

Chorus