Sleep well, good night
Maybe ‘til we meet each other by the morning light
Farewell, it’s too late
To do all the things we wanted before reaching heaven’s gates
I don’t know where you’ve gone
But I know the pain is leaving and that you’ll never be alone
So just surrender, close your eyes
Let the sickness fade away until you’re strong and full of light
Down here, we’ll remember all the good times
All the baseball games and Cub fan dreams and the raucous jokes you told
Down here, we’ll laugh and make a toast to you
The memories we made with you and the love you left behind
Call this an elegy, an effigy, a monument to you
As we blast through all the memories, the ghost stories and truths
We’ll remember you, brave and good and witty ‘til the end
And raise a glass to you, in heaven, in a choir with the best
I couldn’t find the way to say goodbye
When I was sitting by your bedside
I didn’t know how to fit so many years of what you meant to me
Into a word, into a phrase, into an anecdote to capture
This family that you built, this life you lived so brilliantly
The people that you touched, the middle name you gave to me
The bond we shared through writing, and how you got to see
Me stand up at the altar and pledge my life to be
Something like the man you were, a husband and a father
A man you could be proud of, a man to share your legacy
And carry it forth, carry it forth, carry it forth, carry it forth
We’ll carry it forth
And live every day
To honor your memory
To honor your name
We’ll carry it forth
With love and with pride
So lucky were we
To spend a life by your side
We’ll carry it forth
In stories and songs
In memories and photographs
Of the days that are gone
Just know you’re always with us
We are the lives that you changed
And just a fraction of the people
Who are better cause they knew your name
I’m so much better cause I knew your name
And your voice, and your face, and your heart
And your kindness, and your grace, and your life, and your love
Goodnight, goodbye
I know the years they took their toll, and that it’s time for you to go
But with the closing of your eyes
Just know I love you, you’re the best I man I know
The best man I know
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