FATHER
YOUR BODY LIE BENEATH THIS COVERED GROUND
NEVER TO WHISPER OR UTTER A SOUND
IT IS JUST TO YOUR BODY THAT WE SAY GOOD-BY
YOUR MEMORY IS THE CAUSE OF THE TEARS WE CRY
OUR GRIEF WE WILL BEAR OUR SORROW WE WILL SHED
FOR WE KNOW IT WAS TO HEAVEN YOU WERE LEAD
AT LEAST WE KNOW YOU HAVE NO PAIN NOW
AND GOD SHALL LESSEN OUR GRIEF SOMEHOW
YOU HAVE LEFT US WITH MEMORIES OF HAPPY TIMES
AND YOU WHERE ALWAYS THERE WHEN I USED MY DIMES
I SOMETIMES FORGET THAT YOUR ACTUALLY GONE
I EXPECT TO WAKE UP AND SEE YOU AT DAWN
THEN I REMEMBER AND THE EMPTINESS RETURNS
I GUESS LIVING WITH DEATH IS SOMETHING ONE LEARNS
BUT YOU’LL NEVER REALLY BE GONE TO ME
FOR I KNOW IT’S BY MY SIDE YOU’LL ALWAYS BE.







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