I know that it's just a fantasy
No my friend not self pity
Oh how I've tried and tried
But something inside me died,

Oh how I feel rain coming tonight
Cold and dark with little light
Trying to love try as I might
Where is she with a smile so bright?

Lord I know that I did wrong
But I truly tried for so long
What could make this a happy song
Just to be where I feel I belong,

Where are those happy days?
I seem to remember her loving ways
Where are those blue skies
So very far from those familiar lies,

And if it's true that it will never be
Then send me Lord to the bottom of the sea
There I will be nobody's hurtful memory
Take me now and set me free,

Oh what a fool I've been
Hello mother just checking in
You've been gone so very long
Wish I could awake you with a song,

Father just letting you know
You passed away not too long ago
We will all return to where the flowers grow
As still and quiet as falling snow,

And to the wives who walked away
The one who leaves regrets anyway
That thought just came to me today
As these memories just fade away.