The tears have all been shed now
we´ve said our last goodbyes
His souls been blessed

He's laid to rest
And it´s now I feel alone
He was more than just a father

A teacher my best friend
He can still be heard
In the tunes we shared

When we play them on our own

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I never will forget him
For he made me "what I am"
Though he may be gone

Memories linger on
And I miss him, the old man


As a boy he'd take me walking
By mountain field and stream
And he showed me things

not known to kings
And secret between him and me
Like the colors of the pheasant

As he rises in the dawn
And how to fish and make a wish
Beside the Holly Tree


I thought he'd live forever
He seemed so big and strong

But the minutes fly
And the years roll by
For a father and a son

And suddenly when it happened
There was so much left unsaid
No second chance

To tell him thanks
For everything he's done