TIME HAS PASSED

IT HAS BEEN A LONG, LONELY YEAR
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY.
BUT I REMEMBER YOU EACH DAY,
AND I KNOW YOU ARE IN HEAVEN, DEAR.

WE SPENT A LIFETIME TOGETHER,
AND IT WAS HARD TO LET YOU GO.
BUT GOD CALLED YOUR NAME
AND HE IS OUR MASTER, WE KNOW.

I REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD,
AND OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.
AND OUR RESPECT FOR THE LORD,
FOR THE BAD, WE DID NOT BOTHER.

SO SLEEP IN PEACE, MY DEAR,
I WILL JOIN YOU SOME DAY.
'TILL THAT GLAD DAY
I'LL TRUST IN THE LORD AND NOT FEAR.

(The Old Hillbilly)