Sweet Bye and Bye

Nostalgia deep, for this moment of love the sound of chirping, songs from above weeping willow trees dipped slightly in the creek and magnolia blossoms, flow with the breeze

ozark mountains we have known oh so well summers and springs spent with us there these faded memories of a time gone by etched so carefully, in the corners of our minds

pure love for the land, traditions, and home these things of life, were important to hold felt as we stood there among the brush and the grass feelings we know, that forever, in eternity will last

and as we lay to rest in this place we adored we float through a time when the land was Lord a precious gift, if only, for us it was then the most beautiful heaven ever sent

can you feel it now, as you look on, and see our time our place, our moment to be the magnificent soul this place did possess back once upon a time before soldiers laid to rest

return there I will, forever it must be for the land, for the love, for my soldier and me I wish to rest there in that simpler time where a river ran through it oh the sweet bye and bye

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