Lyrics
If I leave soon, wrap me in linen,
Rest me on a bed of wildflowers.
Carry me to the river at twilight,
Farewell with the melody of a heartfelt song.
Heaven, paint me a twilight, I’ll shine down on my kin,
They’ll know I’m at peace as they see my light.
Life’s not always as you dream, no,
Not just dark, as they lay me to rest,
The sharp edge of a fleeting life,
I’ve had just enough time.
Put on your best, and I’ll don my legacy,
What I never did is now done,
Whispers of my tales, maybe now you’ll listen,
Funny when you’re gone, how they start to hear.
[Intro:]
Hummm, hummm, hummm, hummm, they read the news,
Hummm, hummm, hummm, hummm, they’re crying for those who didn’t survive life,
Hummm, hummm, hummm, hummm.
[Verse 2:]
Carve my name in the weeping willow,
A lonesome tune for my pillow.
Beneath the moon’s somber glow, I lay,
Dreams of yore, in twilight fray.
[Bridge]
Drift away on a silken river’s embrace,
To the far-off place, where the angels grace.
With each tender note, let the heart recall,
The love, the loss, the rise, the fall.
[Chorus]
Heaven, paint me a twilight, I’ll shine down on my kin,
They’ll know I’m at peace as they see my light.
Life’s not always as you dream, no,
Not just dark, as they lay me to rest,
The sharp edge of a fleeting life,
I’ve had just enough time.
[Verse 3]
Send me off ‘neath the starlit curtain,
Beyond the pain, beyond the burden.
Let the night’s breeze sing the final lullaby,
As my soul takes to the sky, oh so high.
[Bridge]
Drift away on a silken river’s embrace,
To the far-off place, where the angels grace.
With each tender note, let the heart recall,
The love, the loss, the rise, the fall.
[Verse 4]
In the hush of night, hear the echo of my days,
The laughter, the tears, the olden ways.
As the s
Hummm, hummm, hummm, hummm,
they read the news,
Hummm, hummm, hummm, hummm,
they’re crying for those who didn’t survive life,
Hummm, hummm, hummm, hummm.
Heaven, paint me a twilight, I’ll shine down on my kin,
They’ll know I’m at peace as they see my light.
Life’s not always as you dream, no,
Not just dark, as they lay me to rest,
The sharp edge of a fleeting life,
I’ve had just enough time.
[chorus]
[instrumental: accoustic strumming violin]
[chorus]
Hummm, hummm, hummm, hummm,
[instrumental: accoustic strumming violin]
