Take Care While I’m Gone

Take Care While I'm Gone
 
You’ve grown up so much ever since the day we started out as friends
Back then all your dreams and your whole world would never make much sense
But since you made that stand to care for me just as I really am
You’ve done the sweetest thing a friend could do; you gave me all you can
 
I know we’re really young and we have so much that we still haven’t learned
And so still I pray to keep a way and ask the days to turn
From sandy hills to snow-white yards that pass the autumn by
You’ll remember all the nights we sang our favorite lullaby
 
But now the road has split in four and none can fit a walk for two
And I’ve told you all that I have known just by loving you
It was always good to hold your hand and hearken to the wind
Now our hands will have to let loosen up and let go of the thin
 
I know it seems hard to do this now that we have kept so much
But if we don’t right now then both of us will have lost from start
I know you can go a long way on even if you’ll look back
But to me it’s all the comfort that will keep me on my track
 
So take care of yourself because there won’t be another day to waste
Because while I’m gone might as well be strong to carry through everyday
Push against the night and make your stand while the sun plays its role
There’ll be times to mourn and there’ll be times to smile from the bottom of your soul