A song of loss for those of us still in this world, and our hope for that in the next. |
(Easy guitar rhythem for accompaniment). Verse:G,F,C,G---(3rd line each verse: G,D,C,G) Not that long ago I lost a very close friend of mine It came in a winter of discontent when the sun refused to shine And though the years were good we knew nothing which could stop the hands of time So now I sit here living in the pain of loss searching for some peace of mind Chorus: D,C,G,D---(last line refrain: C,D,G) And when I see you on the other side My heart won't hold back the love that it now hides When tears of joy are the only tears that are cried We'll be together forever in His paradise When I see you on the other side Verse: I sit and I gaze at the pictures from her life The smiles and frowns the ups and downs the pleasure and the strife I laugh and cry at the love in her eyes and my heart begins to ache It's not the loss of life that makes me cry but emptyness of love I can't take Verse: The days they pass on now as though they'd done before And time will ease this pain that I now must endure But I'll try to recall that she lived her life not in vain She lived it day to day and come what may she took it as it came Chorus: same as above Verse: So now I say goodbye and I long for the coming day But my life is yet to live and I'm going to live it all the way And when the sands of time have returned me to dust again I'll cross that rainbow bridge and I'll be sure to find my friend Chorus: same as above |