The Hours Before Dawn

Sometimes in the hours before dawn

I wake up to the words of some old song

And think of childhood memories and laughter

And how you always used to always sing along

Sometimes in the hours before dawn

I find you in a vision or some dream

Some place where you are safe from all the sorrow

Where everything is simply as it seems

Sometimes when I'm half awake and dreaming

I hear your laughter and I call your name

Remembering the happiness you brought me

And knowing life cannot be quite the same

Sometimes before dawn, there is a sadness

That through my waking hours, lingers on

But my love for you forever shines immortal

Sometimes in the hours before dawn

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