THE HEAVENS, THEY GLOW. THE RIVERS, THEY FLOW. THE SUN SHINES THROUGH THE TREES. THE BIRDS SING IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT. BUT NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU. NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE, OR THE WAY THAT YOUR LOVING EYES LOOKED AT ME. …

WE PLANNED A PRETTY FUTURE. IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY. TWO YOUNG HEARTS WERE PARTED AND WENT A SEPERATE WAY. WE LOST A PRETTY FUTURE, DON’T KNOW JUST WHERE AND WHEN. BUT YOU STILL CROSS MY MIND, EVER NOW AND THEN. MEMORIES ARE LINGERING OVER THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. …

ONE OF THESE DAYS IF I MAKE IT TO HEAVEN, WHEN MY LIFE IS OVER ON THIS EARTH BELOW, I’M GONNA SIT DOWN AND VISIT WITH MAMA. THEN I WON’T HAVE TO HURRY TO GO. I WANT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH MY MAMA. I WANT TO TELL HER…

TONIGHT, I AM SO LONELY, DOWNHEARTED AS CAN BE, WITH FOUR WALLS AND THE CEILING THAT CAN’T TALK BACK TO ME. BUT I POUR MY HEART OUT TO THEM. WHAT ELSE CAN A POOR MAN DO? IT ONLY HELPS THIS FEELING, BUT IT WON’T GIVE ME YOU HERE I GO…

EVERY MAN AND WOMAN HAS A DREAM WITHIN THEMSELVES, TO REACH A GOAL IN LIFE, WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME LEFT. EVERYONE WANTS TO FIND AN ETERNAL PEACE AND GAIN PEACE OF MIND. THEY WANT TO FIND AN INTERNAL WISDOM, THAT ONLY COMES WITH TIME. SOME SEARCH FOR GOLD, RICHES…

NOW HE UNFOLDS SILK UPON HER COLD, COLD GRAVE. HE IS GIVING HER THE DRESSES THAT HER YOUNG HEART ONCE CRAVED. WHILE SHE WAS LIVING THROUGH THE LONG WEARY YEARS, HE ONLY GAVE HER GINGHAM THAT WAS FADED WITH TEARS. …

I PICKED A LOVELY FLOWER FOR YOU TODAY. I PLACED A RED ROSE ON YOUR GRAVE. I THOUGHT OF MEMORIES OF A LIFE SPENT TOGETHER. MEMORIES OF YOU WON’T FADE AWAY YOU WERE THE ROCK THAT I LEANED ON. YOU WERE MY ANCHOR IN LIFE’S STORMY SEA. YOU WERE THE…

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THIS OLD WORLD, THAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND. LIKE HOW WE TREAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND OUR FELLOW MAN. YOU NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS, WHILE YOU CAN. YOU NEED TO LOVE EVERYBODY, ONCE AGAIN. YOU NEED TO LOVE EVERYBODY…

I NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D LEAVE ME, BUT I WAS WRONG. ONE KISS ON THE CHEEK, AND YOU WERE GONE. I STOOD IN DISMAY, AS YOU DROVE AWAY. I STILL LOVE YOU DARLING, EVERYDAY. BUT I’M STANDING ON SHAKY GROUND. MY FRIENDS ARE TRYING TO PROP ME UP, SINCE YOU LET…