It Won't Be Long ©

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I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND REMEMBERED THE DAY,
THIS WAS THE DAY YOU WERE CALLED AWAY,
A PAIN DEEP INSIDE ME JUST WON'T LET ME BE.
MEMORIES FLOOD BACK TO THE LIFE WE HAD,
TAKING THE GOOD ALONG WITH THE BAD,
THIS EMPTINESS NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW.

NOW YOU'RE GONE, AND I'M STILL HERE.
I CALL YOUR NAME, DON'T YOU HEAR?
ARE YOU IN HEAVEN, WAITING FOR ME?
HOW LONG, HOW LONG, HOW LONG?

I CRAWL OUT OF BED; CAN I FACE THIS DAY?
THE DAY WHEN YOU WERE TAKEN AWAY.
CAN I MAKE IT ALONE JUST THIS ONE MORE TIME?
I STOOD BY THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT AT THE DAY,
SOMEONE WAS BESIDE ME, I HEARD HIM SAY:
"LISTEN TO THESE WORDS AND YOU WILL SEE THE WAY."

"I MAY BE GONE, BUT I SEE YOU THERE.
I CAN CALL YOUR NAME, AND YOU WILL HEAR.
I AM IN HEAVEN WAITING FOR YOU.
IT WON'T BE LONG, IT WON'T BE LONG."

FIVE YEARS HAVE PASSED, AND LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD.
I'VE TRIED TO DO THE THINGS THAT I SHOULD.
I MISS YOU DARLING, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NEAR.
YOU'RE HERE IN MY MEMORIES; YOU'RE HERE IN MY HEART.
WHEN IN HEAVEN WE'LL NEVER PART.
AND WHILE I WAIT I CAN SING THIS SONG.

"YOU MAY BE GONE, BUT I FEEL YOU NEAR.
I CALL YOUR NAME AND YOU WILL HEAR.
YOU ARE IN HEAVEN WAITING FOR ME.
I SEE YOU NOW; IT WON'T BE LONG."

IT WON'T BE LONG; IT WON'T BE LONG.
 
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