Lawrence, Tracy - If I Don't Make It Back Lyrics






We went out for beers and a couple of laughs
Knowin' full well that every bad joke that Jimmy told
Might be his last
So we laughed like the world wasn't at war
Said things to him we'd never said before
And he teared up as he held up his glass
He said, boys, if I don't make it back

Have a beer for me, don't waste no tears on me
On Friday night sit on the visitors side
And cheer for the home team
Drive my Camaro, 90 miles an hour down Red Rock Road
With 'Born to Run' blastin' on the radio
And find someone good enough for Amy
Who will love her like I would have
If I don't make it back

We said, hey, man that ain't gonna happen
Don't even think like that
If we know you, you'll pull through without a scratch
He pulled me aside in the parkin' lot
Said, Amy and me we're gonna tie the knot
You're my best man, just wanted you to know that
Just in case I don't make it back

Have a beer for me, don't waste no tears on me
On Friday night sit on the visitors side
And cheer for the home team
Drive my Camaro, 90 miles an hour down Red Rock Road
With 'Born to Run' blastin' on the radio
And find someone good enough for Amy
Who will love her like I would have
If I don't make it back

If the good Lord calls me home
I'd like to think my friends
Will think about me when I'm gone

Well, Miller Lite ain't my brand
But I drink one every now and then, in his honour
And we ain't missed a home game yet
Had that Camero at 110 on Red Rock Road
When the speakers blowed
And I introduced Amy to a friend of mine from Monroe
He's a good ol' boy
But you know, she just ain't ready





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  1. C.... R....

    Hope people are still listening here in 2019. And a heartfelt thanks to all our men and women in uniform!

  2. L.... J....

    Happy Veterans Day!!!!

  3. S.... M....

    A good cry before bed...I actually just got off the phone with my boyfriend...he’s 18 almost 19 he’s overseas...I miss him so much...

  4. L.... M....

    In memory of Daniel B Sinnott ! Thank you very much for your service and sacrifice !🇺🇸❤ Thank you very much for your service and sacrifice all miltary ladies and gentlemen ! 🇺🇸

  5. T.... W....

    🙏 miss you pops..

  6. D.... G....

    Rip to all our fallen soldiers we miss yall stay safe out there guys

  7. L.... W....

    I love u paul martin kloos... 3/4/99-5/18/18

  8. G.... A....

    All gave some some gave all

    Semper Fi

  9. g.... i....

    My brother has been serving in the military for three years and he is in Iraq for deployment and when I saw this song I started to cry because all i want is for him to make it back

  10. H.... S....

    I love my best friend in the army I miss you and also my cousin

  11. T.... R....

    To all of my Brothers and Sisters that were lost, way to soon. SEMPER FI!!!

  12. h.... ....

    I love my vets and i love what they allow me to do everyday. A few friends from high school had joined the air force right out of high school and are safe in japan, but i thank all the vets i come across. I wasnt allowed to serve myself due to asthma but i always wished to be a marine. My biggest pet peeve is to see some nice comments supporting our troops and than some jerk commenting negative things. Its just the worst. Thanks again to all the vets that keep me and my family safe! Hoorah!

  13. R.... A....

    Was in Desert Storm, Iraq, most recently in Afganistan. I hoped not to make it back because I do not have a life back here.

  14. A.... M....

    Stand by your glasses steady, and drink to your comrade's eyes. Here's a toast to the dead already, and hurrah, for the next to die.
    Quote from Prison Break. Thought it fit

  15. B.... B....

    Sorry spelled name wrong .Tracy...

  16. B.... B....

    Love this..Tracey Lawrence...one of my all time favs...Song is awesome and so is this video ..

  17. E.... H....

    Thank you to the ones serving and their families 💕🇺🇸🙏🏻

  18. N.... C....

    We don't give enough respect the us army or the veterans who risked everyday to keep us safe. They deserve so much more.
    God bless America 9-2-19

  19. �.... 3....

    I am crying😭😭😭😭😭😭

  20. A.... E....

    FREE BIRD

  21. J.... L....

    In memory of PFC. Joseph Adam Rodriquez 6-22-19 one of the hardest things in life is getting a phone call they your brother took his own life I hope to see him again some day and tell him I'm sorry for not checking on him and helping him when I could I miss you jojo forever and always hooah

  22. M.... K....

    Fantastic

  23. P.... 7....

    Great song. I had the exact same Camaro except it had 2 big black stripes from front to back. Tracy find out who you friends are! Another true and great song.

  24. D.... B....

    I'm waiting for your touch of love....

  25. k.... b....

    When i relise he died i cry

  26. D.... M....

    I couldn't even make it through the chorus before I started crying

  27. L.... M....

    Yep....that one brought a tear👍

  28. D.... S....

    To all those who put their life on hold. .,thank you..because I know the Wolf is always at the door....

  29. G.... 0....

    No truer words have ever been spoken. Hooah.

  30. K.... [....

    I regret not listening to this song when I was first introduced to music

    😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  31. J.... J....

    I watched Tracy in concert last night and he did this song. I have seen him before but this is the first time I saw this song live. It tore me up. I had tears in my eyes standing there among thousand of fans.

  32. T.... r....

    Rip dad 3-19-1976/7-2-2019 love u miss u dad 😭😭😭

  33. M.... R....

    My youngest brother leaves in the fall for deployment to South Korea. I hope to never have to live this song out. He makes me more proud than he could ever know. Thank God for our U.S military

  34. M.... S....

    Jason Sapp heres a beer for you brother your gone but won't never be forgotten. You always told everyone I was your big brother well if losing one of my brothers is worst than this I hope I die before them.

  35. f.... g....

    to all of my buddies in the military i love you guys and hope to see all of you sometime soon and im praying for you guys have a happy fourth of July

  36. A.... P....

    A good song but it sound kind of a sad song and I'm crying

  37. w.... -....

    Oorah boys!!! There's a place for us in heaven.

  38. D.... B....

    Was venting . Ok . Shit gets real with me sometimes . Ty

  39. D.... B....

    My plane is a cargo refueled 870000120 . Was her tail number . You would know her . The only one we have stainless steel galley . Lavatory. And such . Was that kid under the wing as well pumping fuel into a plane that hold 320k pounds of fuel with a Haskell pump that at best pumps 400 gallons a minute. Average is about 200 . U do the math when your ass is burning in 130 heat in afganistan. How long it would take to fill up a tanker . And we bombed the shit outta Baghdad. And we made it home . My own blood flew over Baghdad. I cut my hand wide open on a wing nav light lens that shattered as I put it in place . My brothers left my blood on the plane to fly that mission . Changing a stupid bulb . And its 130 degrees. That lens was probably to stressed . I dunno . I remember the good and the bad and the in between

  40. D.... B....

    Taking ground fire in a kc10a . Scary didn't faze me . Dropping of guns and blood my first run I thought nothing of it till I seen the cargo coming home . Some flights tanks . Shot at many a times in a plane that dont shoot back . Was just a 19 year old kid . Who sowed on two stripes for an early enlistment. Just a wrench turner. Crew chief. Went everywhere with my plane . I try to forget those missions . And I would tell a a buddy of mine as bullets flew by red as hell . It's ok those are just shooting stars . And it made no difference. We were all scared . Pissed off . And torn up

  41. D.... B....

    This it's the most tear jerking song I ever heard . And probably will. Touched me something deep. Airforce vet . Ran a few flights that where guns and donated blood bags . Picked up the brave that gave all and headed home . Sick sight to see . Even the brave that that were wounded . Those flights haunt me from time to time .

  42. J.... A....

    To my brother who was KIA November of 1970 US Army was wrapping up his 3rd combat tour in Vietnam shot down flying into a hot LZ and to my AG "STORK" and to my medic "DOC WABBIT" GOD only knows how much I love and miss y'all I've ran that firefight through my brain and I can't for the likes of me if I could've done something different..I'm sorry I hope y'all forgive me we were just punk teenagers back then now I turn 60 and I'm a grandfather GOD called y'all home that day and when he calls me home I hope you too forgive me and will sit down and have a cold beer and a good cigar with me.

  43. M.... T....

    Thank you veterans and our brave men and women serve our Country

  44. J.... C....

    thanks for everyone who has kept our freedom free.. past present and past ... thanks again to all ..

  45. J.... P....

    Beautiful song.

  46. G.... J....

    Attention. Order Arms. Ready, Aim, Fire. Ready, Aim, Fire. Ready, Aim, Fire. Order Arms. At Ease Soldier. At ease.

  47. V.... S....

    Ooorah ! Salute to you American Solders. America is the best damn country and we're the best because of ALL you in the Military .
    I salute you and i got your 6.

  48. c.... l....

    I'm from ft Leonard mo best beside ft Lee Virginia

  49. D.... ....

    For my Pop's love you

  50. B.... L....

    I died for you

  51. D.... G....

    God bless you all

  52. C.... A....

    My dad served for 28 years and has been shot 5 times. Everytime he would be redeployed, I was so scared he wouldn't come back. His job was one of the most dangerous in the military. When I hear songs like this it makes me tear up because I think about what if he wouldn't have came back home.

  53. P.... J....

    11 here I want to be a soldier my uncle, both grandfathers, and basicly my moms whole family are retired now my 19 year old cousin might enlist pray for him. I am a proud American and while I am young when I get older I will fight for my country proudly

  54. J.... B....

    Is this a true story

  55. C.... H....

    God bless our fighting men and women

  56. S.... M....

    What ever happened to the story based country music, the old country had much more meaning, soul, and power. Now....now it's just meaningless noise. Some new songs are good but the old country will always be better. Old made the audience feel the music. #takebackoldcountry

  57. Y.... C....

    ...damn

  58. T.... ....

    I leave for OSUT with the U.S. Army in june and this song kills my parents everytime it plays..

  59. B.... R....

    Fuck anyone who disliked this

  60. F.... G....

    Rest in peace

  61. J.... N....

    This song hits hard I told my fiancé’s best friend that if I don’t make it back from Afghanistan next year to find someone who would love her as much as I do. She found out about this and told me just because that’s what I want her to do doesn’t mean she will. I’m a combat medic with first battalion 153rd regiment 39th infantry brigade combat team

  62. B.... D....

    Miller light ant my brand but I'm drinking a case tonight in my brothers honor he would be 31 tomorrow hard to believe it's almost been 6 years he's been good semper Fi Devil Dog

  63. G.... C....

    2019..cant let music like this fade away & God bless the men & woman that defend our home

  64. W.... H....

    Vem para o Brasil Tracy parabéns pelo belo trabalho

  65. W.... H....

    Tracy Lawrence o melhor cantor de música country do mundo muito bom canto as músicas dele nos bares a noite showwwww

  66. J.... K....

    Just heard this song for the first time. I listen to country all the time but this is new to me. Made me cry and just want to say Good Bless the men and women serving today. My husband died from Agent Orange and Nam. Still miss him today

  67. J.... H....

    I cry every damn time

  68. D.... ....

    My wife's name Is Amelia but we call her Amy when this song came out i was leaving for my 4th tour and it made this soldier cry when I saw her break down she stood by me for alot of deployments and as a green beret we don't have months before we leave we get pur orders and were gone in days. I'm now retired 100% disabled due to many injuries from combat and retiring was the hardest thing I had to do still is but I have a great woman who supported me since the day she married me and being married to a soldier especially one who's constantly away on combat missions anyone who's been in direct combat never comes home the same and it's hard on spouses who take alot of our shit and when your not a regular soldier but special forces your always in the shit and can't talk about any missions you've done unless the classification changes I couldn't even tell her where I was going alot unless it was Iraq or Afghanistan other places I've been we weren't supposed to be there but when your group or team is called up and it's your turn you don't question the orders you just follow them and pray you all make it back and aren't captured and on the news and the us government will deny they sent you there or you even exist and if.you survive integration or torture you spend life in some foreign shit hole prison for life unless both sides agree to a prisoner exchange. So songs like this have so much meaning to me.

  69. S.... A....

    Why dis like it

  70. D.... B....

    I plan to join Up when I turn 18 cause I have filling in my gut I have to

  71. J.... D....

    The message behind this song is how everyone should think and be more patriotic not a notion divided but a nation that stands together not divided

  72. C.... R....

    To 298 people who dislike the song f*** you

  73. M.... P....

    That last line gets me every time

  74. d.... s....

    If you disliked you have no soul

  75. S.... C....

    Ex-military and extremely proud... I MADE IT BACK AND DIDNT DESERVE TOO SENDING PRAYERS OUT EVER NIGHT THAT YOU MAKE IT HOME...

  76. J.... S....

    Here to all men a women who has served our. Country thank you the song is awesome

  77. G.... S....

    My brother and I are Airborne Infantry for the US Army.. I’m getting deployed in a few weeks to Afghanistan. Thought this song seemed appropriate to listen to. Wish me luck everybody god bless you all.

  78. A.... M....

    Wow almost 300 dislikes. This brings me to tears this song does

  79. b.... c....

    Awesome song.

  80. S.... R....

    Had this conversation with my friend went afganstain told him don’t talk like that he was right he didn’t make it back Adam buddy I miss you

  81. R.... M....

    This was the song they played at my uncle Tommy Triplet's funeral I love and hate it but I miss you man that's fur sure

  82. N.... K....

    for me its hard to NOT cry cause my dad gave me a list of things to do and to not to do😟😟

  83. j.... p....

    More important RainbowDash72 is how did 230 people not like this song? That is my question.

  84. L.... M....

    Great song thank you to those who serve and have served freedom isn’t free

  85. T.... C....

    The people who disliked it don't know what a good ol country song is

  86. P.... ....

    I'm a marine for life oorah

  87. A.... W....

    I may need to wait a decade but when I am old enough I will fight for this land, death dont faze me.

  88. S.... S....

    good military song

  89. F.... W....

    it hurts my dad and brother didnt make it back

  90. C.... s....

    Died in 2012

  91. C.... s....

    My grandpa is a Navy ww2 I miss him

  92. C.... s....

    If my grandpas ol 2nd gen Dodge 3500 ext cab 8ft bed was still around I would drive that sense my grandpa is gone I would drive that if I had my licence

  93. B.... C....

    Been There.....Thank You! Semper Fi!

  94. K.... H....

    RIP Spc Ben Conner

    You fought hard and made it home, you won the battle, sadly you lost the war back here....

  95. C.... C....

    212 heartless assholes gave this a thumbs down....Like Really FU all

  96. I.... ....

    I just turned 18. Today is the day i sign on with the military.

  97. D.... C....

    Gave me chills and I cried......sad but a good song nonetheless.....Thank ALL for your service and sacrifice....God Bless