Tender Sadness, Gentle Grief

Lyrics

Did love fade in despair,

Then vanish in thin air

Did the light dim then die,

When no-one heard you cry,

A love lies a bleeding,

A fathers fierce grieving,

Brittle hopes too fragile,

To save your whinsome smile,

I measure out sadness in loving tenderness,

I measure out the grief in gentle disbelief,

I measure missing you,

The times we shared too few,

I measure your last cry,

Goodbye my son goodbye,

In the end love failed you,

It’s beacon lost from view,

Love comes at such a cost,

Broken hearts all I’ve lost,

My bleak last lullaby,

My tender fond goodbye,

Go gently Son and friend,

In time my heart will mend,

I measure out sadness in loving tenderness,

I measure out the grief in gentle disbelief,

I measure missing you,

The times we shared too few,

I measure your last cry,

Goodbye my son goodbye,

My bleak last lullaby,

My tender fond goodbye,

Go gently Son and friend,

In time my heart will mend.