I got the call, it came one morning

My oldest friend had passed & gone
My heart is sad but it's not for mourning
As I remember him in this song:


He walked gently in a world not gentle
He was kind in a world turned cruel

His heart was pure, almost elemental
And he was wise in an age of fools.


Chorus
So lift up your heads for a good man passing
Carry him proud & carry him high

After all the soul is everlasting
Smile for him & don't you cry
For don't you know that love can never die?

It goes on forever like the sky
For don't you know that love can never die?
It goes on forever like the sky.


The years fly by, almost like lightning
From school days we became good friends

The speed of time is sometimes frightening
But we kept in touch until the end.


He leaves behind a wife & mother
He leaves behind a grieving son
He loved them both like no other

They were his moon, his stars, his sun.

Chorus


(Instrumental)


Some men live small & some as giants
And his shadow was ten miles high
He faced the world & life defiant

Even when it came to the last goodbye.

Chorus


It goes on forever like the sky, it goes on forever like the sky.