Alone

With trembling hands and glistening eyes

Staring somewhere off in space

A place where memories never die

Far from this empty place

She clutches a silk handkerchief

And blinks away the tears

So afraid to see the future

The lonely coming years

A preacher tries to comfort

With tired words from an old book

But no one sees what lies behind

Her haunting, empty look

Ashes back to ashes

And dust returns to dust

With no one left to lean on

We do the things we must

All things on this earth will pass

Like leaves blown by the wind

So far from the beginning

Much closer to the end

And now the final song is sung

The cold chills to the bone

All that matters fades away

And leaves us so alone