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Angel Band
In a time where I was innocent
I still had a little sense
My grandmother and I would sing hymns
On her porch, before us broken limbs
We'd sing with the birds high in the trees
We'd feel the softest, gentle breeze
Now it brings me to my knees
The day she passed away
I can't remember if I cried
When my mother told me she had died
But something was torn from me, deep inside
I'll always remember her
Sometimes she visits me in my dreams
I recall her pies and whipped cream
Sometimes I come to her in prayer
I reminesce on the things we shared
I remember the day before
My girlfriend left me at the door
And one week later, as if robbed
My father lost his job
Three things torn apart from me
But God still led me to be free
And I'll never forget the melody
We sang at her memorial
Her daughters wept and dried their tears
While my cousin's and mine allready dried
All our deepest fears
Came true the day she died
I reconcilled with my cousin Blake
It was enough to make the whole world quake
Everything she wanted put in place
The lord made due this time
And one week later at N.A.
A woman marvelled at me
I shook off what she said, as she gave me a hug
She wondered how I didn't pick up a single drug
My grandmother would tell you as plain as I
that it was all the grace of Jesus Christ
Keeping me clean at a hefty price
That old rugged cross
And as she left this world
Left us with our sorrows unfurled
We sang a song to bid her goodbye
As she rode into the sky:
"Oh come, angel band
Come and, around me stand
oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my eternal home, oh bear me away
On your snow white wings, to me eternal home."
