[Intro]
  

[Verse 1]
             
Take it slow, 

              
tell me all ho

          
w you've grown
        
Just for me, c

ould we all re

minisce?
             
Better yet, he

              
re's a pen, ma

     
ke a list
        
Fill it full o

f all the thin

gs I've missed


[Bridge 1]
              
Cause I could 

  
barely drive p

ast the school
           
Without stoppi

      
ng to think of

 you
   
And how we use

d to act the f

ool
             
But worst of a

              
ll I wish I'd 

           
called at leas

             
t a thousand t

#
imes or more

Just to hear, 

what I've been

 missing


[Chorus]
             
If a picture i

              
s all that I h


ave
              
I can picture 

              
the times that

    
 we won't get 

back
              
If I picture i

              
t now it don't

 
 seem so bad
             
Either way, I 

              
still wish you

      
 were here
              
Don't say ever

              
ything's meant

    
 to be
              
Cause you know

              
 it's not what

   
 I believe
              
Can't help but

              
 think that it

              
 should've bee

 
n me
       
Either way I s

till wish you 

were here

  

[Verse 2]
        
Thinking back 

              
on the days wh

              
en we all used

    
 to say
         
"I know anywhe

re's better th

an here"
             
In the back of

              
 the class, wh

              
ere we grew up

      
 too fast
      
Living life li

ke there's not

hing to fear


[Bridge 2]
             
But the ice on

              
 the road, dri

           
ving home all 


alone
        
Singing along 

to a song from

 three summers

 ago
              
The one that m

             
ade you rememb

      
er it
       
Now I'll alway


s remember it
             
As the song th

            
at your life e

nded with


[Chorus]
             
If a picture i

              
s all that I h


ave
              
I can picture 

              
the times that

    
 we won't get 

back
              
If I picture i

              
t now it don't

 
 seem so bad
             
Either way, I 

              
still wish you

      
 were here
              
Don't say ever

              
ything's meant

    
 to be
              
Cause you know

              
 it's not what

   
 I believe
              
Can't help but

              
 think that it

              
 should've bee

 
n me
        
Either way I s

till wish you 

were here



[Bridge 3]
      
And they say y

              
ou're in a bet

       
ter place
              
But a better p

              
lace is right 

          
here with me
          
Yeah, they say

             
 you're in a b

         
etter place
              
Too bad it's n

              
ot what I beli

 
eve


[Chorus]
*strum once*
              
Cause a pictur

         
e is all that 

I have
              
To remind me t

              
hat you're nev

   
er coming back
              
If I picture i

              
t now it just 


makes me sad
           
And right now 

I just wish yo

u were here



              
Don't say ever

              
ything's meant

    
 to be
              
Cause you know

              
 it's not what

   
 I believe
              
Can't help but

              
 think that it

              
 should've bee

 
n me
        
In the end I s

till wish you 

were here


[Outro]
       
Yeah, they say

             
 you're in a b

         
etter place
        
Either way I s

till wish you 

were here
       
Cause they say

             
 you're in a b

         
etter place
             
In the end, I 

    
just wish you 

were here