I'm tired and I'm going home

it's getting dark and really cold
you were nice, a good company

now I'm must return to my valley.

Your tales kept loneliness at bay,

I was so sad, you made me so gay.

but my heart yearns for my family,

they wait for me all day impatiently.

Try as I might I no longer can stay,
my children need me more today,

we have to face a terrible tragedy,

their mother passed away yesterday.

My heart bleeds to see them weep

Her death has cut us all too deep

She was taken away by lung disease

To love again we must learn to forgive.

She was a devoted woman to me

a loving mother and a wise lady

She said my children will in time see

how God takes as much as He gives.

To live, laugh and love freely

never be afraid to part company,

what will be will be, and what was

can never be taken away from me.