I hit the brakes and turned my head
as I caught sight of the line of cars.
They were passing by so very slowly,
and I paused and closed my eyes.

I said silent prayer for the dead
and those left behind I never met.
I asked the Lord to help them understand
and to help them to find a little strength.

Then I remembered not long ago
driving in a line like that.
And I remembered losing you
and wondering just how I would survive.

I could see it all so clearly,
the casket and the grave,
and thinking this cannot be real.
I had fallen back in time.

And I started to cry and pray,
"Lord please give me strength,
help me carry on somehow.
Lord give me hope to go on."

Then I found my way back
to the time that was now,
and I realized that He had
Given me strength and peace.

As I watched the cars go by
slowly moving down the road
I thought about the way it feels
to know that you are missing one you love.

Then I thought of you
and where you are
and how you're better now
and I smiled for you.

Because there are no more
funeral processions going by you
and someday we will find
ourselves together once again.

But until then I'll think of you
and wish that you were here
and evey funeral procession
will take me back to that day.

We laid you in the ground,
and we cried tears of pain.
Then we sent you off with prayer
promising we'd be together again.

Since the day you left us behind
I have thought of you so many times
and remembered the good things
the way I know want me to.

But I have not forgotten
and never will I try
death cannot stop friendship
like the one belonging to you and I.