Hey guys. This is CaptainJack567 with a new update. Here's the second part of my Songfic story. I think you guys are going to like this one. And I promise after I finish the other 11 songs. So, here's the backstory for you guys. Robby Ray is at the final concert of his career, with a very special guest and Miley and Lilly are in the audience. This takes place 4 weeks after Every Rose Has It's Thorn. I'm not going to tell you who the special guest is. Hehehehehe, I'm evil aren't I? So, here we go, from Take What You Can productions, Live Like You Were Dying.
Disclaimer: I do not claim any owning rights to Hannah Montana or this song. I am simply a fan.
"Robby, Robby, Robby!" the audience screamed. Robby Ray Stewart looked out into the crowd. There looked to be about 9,999 people in the Staples Center that night. Robby Ray had been a little hesitant about doing this concert, but his old manager, Marty Klein, told him that he hadn't given his fans a proper farewell. Robby Ray was still hesitant, until Marty told him he'd have a special guest. When Marty told him who, Robby Ray instantly agreed, and gave Miley, Jackson, and Lilly tickets to his show. Robby Ray was never nervous before, but now that Miley and Jackson were grown up, and Miley had Lilly for a girlfriend, Robby Ray didn't want to let them down. He sat down, closed his eyes and prayed.
"Dear Lord, please help me make my kids proud of me. I know if Susan was here she'd tell me to do this, so I'm doing it. Please. Please, help me. Amen," he said. He got up, went over to the curtain, and looked out. He saw five familiar faces taking their seats three rows from the front. It was Miley, Lilly, Jackson, Miley and Jackson's godmother Dolly, and his mother, Ruthie 'Ma'maw' Stewart. Robby chuckled. Miley and Jackson must have begged Ma'maw to come. He sat down again and did his breathing excersises.
"Hey, Robby Ray, y'all set, partner?" a voice asked. A man in a blue plaid shirt,with blue jeans, black cowboy boots and a black, leather cowboy hat, walked up to Robby Ray. He had slightly long brown hair and a medium sized brown beard.
"Not really, Tim. I mean, I haven't been on stage for so long, I got goosebumps in places I didn't know could git 'em," Robby Ray said. Tim McGraw chuckled and asked,
"You worried you'll mess up in front of your kids?"
"Yeah. I mean they've seen me on stage before, but this time is different. This is the final concert of my career. I just wanna make 'em proud," Robby Ray said.
"They're already proud of you. Look, all you have to do is go out there and have a great show. Even if you don't, Miley and Jackson are going to be so proud of you. Lilly too," Tim said. Robby Ray nodded. The announcer called,
"2 minutes to show time, Mr. Stewart."
"Alright, thank you," Robby Ray said. He and Tim got their guitars and got in their places on the stage.
"Are you all ready for Robby Ray Stewart?" the announcer called to the audience. The noise that followed was like that of a jet engine. Robby Ray walked out and the concert had begun.
The concert had gone on for about an hour and fifty minutes. Robby Ray had done 12 songs, including Achy Breaky Heart, and was exhausted. But he wasn't finished yet. He had one more song to do.
"I want to thank y'all for coming. It really means a lot to me that I still have many loyal fans. So, I want to end this night with a new song. This one's for all of you," he said. The opening chords to Tim McGraw's Live Like You Were Dying started and Robby Ray just went for it.
He said I was in my early forty's
With a lot of life before me
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days
Looking at the X-Rays
Talking about the options
And talking about sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
That this might really be the real end
How's it get ya
When you get that kind of news
Man, what you do?
He said,
Suddenly, blast of smoke enveloped the stage. Tim ran out and continued,
"I went sky diving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fumanchu
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter and I gave forgiveness I've been denying
And he said, "Someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying."
The audience screamed and Robby Ray took it up a notch.
He said, "I was finally the husband
That most of the time I wasn't
And I became a friend
A friend would like to have
And all of a sudden going fishin'
Wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
And I finally read the good book
And I took a good long, hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
And then
I went sky diving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fumanchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I've been denying"
And he said, "Someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying."
Robby Ray ran to the edge of the stage and just went for it.
Like tomorrow was a gift
And you've got eternity to think about what you would do with it
What would I do with it?
What did you do with it?
Tim took over the next line.
What did I do with it?
What would you do with it?
Sky Diving!
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fumanchu
Robby took over the last line.
Man, I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flying!
And he said, "Someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying."
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying.
The song ended and the audience screamed.
"Thank y'all. Goodnight, Los Angeles, and goodbye," Robby Ray said. Tim threw his hat into the audience and they both exited the stage. Miley, Lilly and the others were all awestruck. Lilly was astonished. Miley was proud of her father. Jackson was amused that his old man still had it. Everyone was so proud of Robby Ray. And Robby Ray had the best time of his life.
So that's it. That was Live Like You Were Dying. The next chapter will be Lilly's childhood lullaby Return to Pooh Corner. So I'll see you next time. Bye.