Through this veil of tears
I can see what was suppose to be
Now it's all so clear

Love from you was so real, so true, genuine
Stronger than time


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Wipe your tears away
Kiss you every morning

Hear every word you had to say
Are all the things I should have done
While you were here

And now the foolish boy has grown
Into this man I'm sorry you've never known
I'm not afraid to love

'Cause every beat of my heart
Echoes all those memories from way back when
And the man I should have been


[Chorus]


Faded dreams of you and me
And of our little family
Gone forever

My God in heaven
Before the gift of clarity
We pay the price of misery

Why please tell me why

Her mommy's gone away

But in her eyes I see you more each day
How can I repay
All your love unreturned

From so long, long ago
Now I know


[Alternate Chorus]
I'll wipe her tears away
Kiss her every morning

Hear every word she has to say
Do all the things that you
Would do if you were here

Brighten her rainy day
Catch her when she's fallen
Say I love you each and every day

Do all the things that you
Would do if you were here


[Chorus]