BEFORE YOU WENT AWAY

All I have are just happy memories

That come flooding back each day.

Of all that love we celebrated

Before you went away.

All those wonderful memories

That have not dimmed with the passing of the years.

But your lovely smile is now missing

And it`s been replaced by pain and all my tears.

You may not be here with me

But my memories mean just as much.

Is that really your presence that I feel?

Is that your comforting touch?

I still celebrate your birthday

The way I always do.

And all the precious love between us

Along with all that I owe to you.

Please put your arms around him Lord

Don`t let him be alone.

Please tell him that I love him

Because he`s so very far from home.

With this ache in my heart I whisper low

I love you my darling

Only our Lord knows how much I`m missing you so!

Today I`m thinking of you

And tomorrow I`ll continue to yearn for you my darling

As I walk through this life, just feeling so alone.

Our golden chain has been irreplaceably broken

And it`s left me on my own.