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
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Heaven's Gate
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| Toni Childs |
