FIRST TO LEAVE
One of us will leave first;
I pray it is I.
Prepare the coffin and lay me to rest.
Look upon my face one final time.
Cast the sand we gathered by the sea,
and let fall a single tear
for all the years I will not see.
One of us will leave first;
I pray it is I.
Prepare the coffin and lay me to rest.
Look upon my face one final time.
Cast the sand we gathered by the sea,
and let fall a single tear
for all the years I will not see.
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