sixty years ago

a blessed candle burnin' lights her golden band, her beads and book of prayers are resting in her hand, he pulls a chair beside her to sit with her a while, she turns her feeble body close to give him one last smile, as he held her wedding finger softly he did say, i remember when you said i do seems like yesterday, when you took my name that morning my heart did overflow, and i still feel the way i did sixty years ago, with a damp white cloth he soothes her his soul-mate his best friend, her suffering now is over he knows this is the end, she said they're here to take me it's time to say goodbye, one last breath a gentle kiss a tear falls from his eye, as he held her wedding finger softly he did say, i remember when you said i do seems like yesterday, when you took my name that morning my heart did overflow, and i still feel the way i did sixty years ago, as he held her wedding finger softly he did say, i remember when you said i do seems like yesterday, when you took my name that morning my heart did overflow, and i still feel the way i did sixty years ago, i still feel the way i did sixty years ago