One day went running on a grassy field 
Too few came following 
Your spirit flew this earthy place 
And so with heavy hearts, yet a certain sense of joy 
We say good-bye 
And we are left to question 
What do we do with this? 
A day we all expect, yet unexpected always is 
How beautiful the hope of those who know 
Where they will go 
He set us free 
So we need not be afraid 
We need not stay longer than the number of our days 
Let us love 
Mourn and suffer for His sake 
Until the day it dawns on us when we must say 
Good-bye 
See, we're the ones who wonder 
We the ones who live 
To read and write and ponder 'til our eyes begin to dim 
How glorious the joy of those who go 
They already know 
He set us free 
So we need not be afraid 
We need not stay longer than the number of our days 
Let us love 
Mourn and suffer for His sake 
Until the day it dawns on us when we must say 
Good-bye 
On a day like today my heart is bound a little less 
To the tight and tiring vanities of life 
Like a butterfly emerging, struggling to be free 
I feel the lift, I sense the give it takes 
To send me flying from this earthy place 
He set us free 
So we need not be afraid 
We need not stay longer than the number of our days 
Let us love 
Mourn and suffer for His sake 
Until the day it dawns when we must say 
Good-bye 
Tears in our eyes, we say good-bye, too soon to fly, 
We wonder why, we say good-bye