SUDDENLY

He dreams of his name in the Broadway lights
A different kind of life he had in his sights
He achieved his goals by diving head in
The addiction of pleasure was his only sin
A disease that found a way in that door
He fought with lovely rage against Samuel’s whore.

Suddenly we must say goodbye
Suddenly this time as gone by
Suddenly we stand here and cry
And here our song dies… so suddenly.

A father’s heart that was simply to weak
Always dreaming of days when he was at his peak
The failures of fatherhood and marriage he bore
His sons finding ways to open his door
Unaware that the sands of time were flowing fast
He finally found redemption at last.

Suddenly we must say goodbye
Suddenly this time as gone by
Suddenly we stand here and cry
And here our song dies… so suddenly.

Light slowly flickers in the dark of night
Resisting the temptation to give up the fight
Reaching up her hand; she pleads for His grace
All the same, her kin see the pain upon her face
A matriarch who bares the heart of all
Her family gathers while her autumn leaves fall.

Suddenly we must say goodbye
Suddenly this time as gone by
Suddenly we stand here and cry
And here our song dies… so suddenly.

So suddenly…
So suddenly…
So suddenly…