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A man i met in my youth |
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Came to me in the light of truth |
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A beautiful dream that was |
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Till he died one rainy fall |
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There i was a child bride |
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Widowed at ninteen, defied |
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Never would i let him go |
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Go to the place that heaven knows |
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On the evening of his death |
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My shoulders felt a brushing breath |
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Cold were his hands on my breast |
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The man that i loved and put to rest |
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He came to me and held me close |
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We danced til dawn in the early snow |
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There i felt him cry and cry |
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'i'll never leave, leave your side' |
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Oh the madness |
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This town thinks i'm mad |
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Sixty years, has it been a dream |
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This man i'm haunted by, i see |
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I'm eighty years and on my bed |
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Awaiting death, that final breath |
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He sits by and looks to me |
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'soon you will come and be with me' |
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Now i feel all warm inside |
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As i leave this mortal body behind |
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Seems it is eternal's way |
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We're waltzing into heaven's gate |