"When I'm Gone"
Joey & Rory
Joey Martin Feek - September 7, 1975 - March 4, 2016 Joey(Wife) &
Rory (Husband)
This
Life I Live Rory Feek wrote about the song he and wife Joey Feek recorded in
2012, two years before she was diagnosed with cervical
cancer. (Joey stopped treatment for her cancer in Indiana) The
song, written by a friend of theirs, is called, “When I’m Gone”.
Rory said when he and Joey first heard it, they wept, and they
knew they had to record it. But when it came time to record a
video for the song, the director wanted Joey to sing it to Rory,
as if she, Joey, was dying, and Rory would be left behind. Rory
said at first he was resistant to the idea.
In spite of all the funeral songs
The birds will make their joyful sounds
You wonder why the earth still moves
You wonder how you'll carry on
But you'll be okay on that first day when I'm gone
Dusk will come with fireflies and whippoorwill and crickets call
And every star will take its place
And silvery gown and purple shawl
You'll lie down in our big bed
Dread the dark and dread the dawn
But you'll be alright on that first night when I'm gone
You will reach for me in vain
You'll be whispering my name
As if sorrow were your friend
And this world so in the end
But life will call with daffodil
And morning glorious blue skies
You'll think of me some memory
And softly smile to your surprise
And even though you love me still
You will know where you belong
Just give it time well both be fine
When I'm gone
Married couple that sang country songs together..
Our 'make-believe' song and video seems to have come true. Some
call it ‘life imitating art’. I don’t. I call it God. He knew I
would need her to tell me goodbye… not just once, but a thousand
times. And I’d need to know that no matter how much time passes,
that she loves me still. And He made it so that if I needed to
be reminded of her beautiful life and heart and voice… she would
only be a ‘click’ away. Am I angry at the irony of the song? No.
How could I be? How many men who are losing the woman they love
get a gift like that? None that I know of.
