Dear John, My Soldier John/ lyrcs

DEAR JOHN, DEAR JOHN,  MY SOLDIER JOHN
WILL YOU BE THERE WAITING FOR ME
AS YOU PROMISED ME?
WILL YOU BE THERE  BENT ON YOUR KNEES
AS YOU PROMISED ME?

WILL YOU BE THERE TO GENTLY CLOSE MY EYES
WILL YOU BE THERE TO HOLD MY HAND
AS YOU DID BACK THEN,
AS YOU DID FOR YOUR MEN?
WILL YOU SHED A TEAR FOR ME?

WILL YOU BE THERE AS YOU PROMISED ME?
WILL YOU BE THERE , AS YOU DID THEN
AS YOU DID IN FOREIGN LANDS?
AS YOU DID IN VIET NAM?

DEAR JOHN, DEAR JOHN, MY SOLDIER JOHN
WILL YOU BE THERE WAITING FOR ME?
AS YOU PROMISED ME?
WILL YOU GIVE ME MY LAST FAREWELL?
WILL YOU GENTLY CLOSE MY EYES?

WILL YOU BE THERE HOLDING MY HAND
WILL YOU SMILE ONCE MORE FOR ME?
AND WALK ME TO THE PROMISED LAND?
AND WALK ME TO THE PROMISED LAND...?

I Am Home Again / I Am Found!

In the early mornings, with a cup of coffee in hand, I write. I suspect that loving life is my greatest asset. It has not always been so. Many years after losing a very wonderful and amazing son, Peter. He died saving his friend.  All our lives changed that afternoon... I was so much in the state of pure hate and confusion. I felt I had played by the rules, tried my best to raise thoughtful and caring children and become the best wife possible, then Peter dies so unexpectedly. He has been the rock and my foundation to my present and liberating faith.
 The time finally came when I realized that my family could not heal, unless I healed. They could not accept our horrible reality if  I did not, especially my husband. He had witnessed the worst in humanity and the most honorable acts of love and courage in his career as a soldier. But the sudden death of his son was more than he could bear. After I seemed to get stronger, he fell into the darkest time, seldom speaking to anyone for almost two agonizing years. He seemed devoid of any feeling. I struggled and endured. I felt  I  was holding us all back: the thought came to mind that if God was good enough for my dear parents, well, He was more than good enough for me! Then one amazing day I fell to the ground and pleaded to God to forgive me. And it was like other's have written, I felt bathed in warmth and sunlight. I felt forgiven and I was home again. I soon saw that all the times I was hating God, I was thinking more of Him than during my  years of complete adoration and acceptance of  my Catholic faith, the faith of my family and my youth.  I was again at home with the Christ child, home to walk in His light. My children are still on their own path, still denying God. I pray and wait. Greater still is my personal belief that God will touch them and also welcome them home.
Life of the unbeliever is fine for them. It is where they are comfortable. But I no longer reach for the easy way out. I know, now, that only through my own agony that I have been welcomed to His embracing and forgiving arms. They, for the most part , are lost in their own intellect, in their thirst for understanding, and they are content with their own conclusions. They choose their own way through the maze of their own thoughts. But thoughts change, growth and enlightenment eventually  takes over. I have great hope. They too will find themselves on their knees. We are too frail and they rely on our human frailty to give them strength.  They read and study and work their way through life and life's events. Besides, they are too busy for life's secrets, too busy to notice God's whispers, God's healing  touch.  Someday,  they too will walk with Him and experience the Omnipresence. For it is God's plan that all children come back to Him.  He is Patience beyond comprehension . I could not have been more in denial . My mind could not have been more rigid and closed.  I could not have been more lost, but now I am found!

ANGEL OF MERCY

ANGEL OF MERCY, HAVE MERCY ON US
ANGEL OF MERCY, HAVE MERCY ON ME
ANGEL OF MERCY SET US FREE

ANGEL OF MERCY, REMIND ME THAT FORGIVING IS DIVINE
ANGEL OF MERCY, BLESS ME AND MINE
ANGEL OF MERCY, PROTECT AND GUIDE MY FRIENDS , MY FAMILY

REMIND US THAT LOVE IS GIVEN FREELY
YET, STILL  MUST BE EARNED TO KEEP
GRANT FORGIVENESS AND MERCY IN OUR HEARTS
ANGEL OF MERCY, SET US FREE

MAY WE ALL   BECOME WORTHY OF THEE
THE ONLY PERFECT LOVE WHICH EXISTS
WHICH IS YOURS TO GIVE
FOR PERFECTION IS ONLY THINE!

ANGEL OF MERCY, BLESS OUR GATHERINGS
BLESS OUR FRIENDS AT OUR TABLE
OUR LOVED ONES WHOM HAVE PASSED
FOR IN SPIRIT AND WITH OUR LOVE
THEIR PRESENCE LASTS...

ANGEL OF MERCY, BLESS THIS BREAD
ANGEL OF MERCY, BLESS THIS MEAL
REMIND US THAT IN CALLING YOUR NAME
THIS BECOMES OUR TIME SHARED, OUR SACRED TIME
OUR JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF LIFE
 WE COME TO REJOICE AND TO HEAL...

"BLESSED IS HE, WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD"
ANGEL OF MERCY, YOUR BLESSING IS OUR REWARD...
IN THE STILL OF OUR MINDS WE LOVE
WITH  PEACE IN OUR HEARTS WE REJOICE
ANGEL OF MERCY, MAY WE ALWAYS BE BOUND TO THEE!

Everywhere I go, I'm Remembering You

                     EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING YOU

EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING YOU
EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING YOU
I TURN AROUND, KNOWING YOU WON'T BE THERE
I TURN AROUND, KNOWING YOU WON'T BE THERE
STILL, I TURN AROUND , I TURN AROUND HOPING TO FIND A GLIMPSE OF YOU

EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING HOW IT USED TO BE...
WHEN YOU WERE YOU AND YOU AND I WERE WE
EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING HOW IT USED TO BE...
WHEN YOU WERE YOU AND YOU AND I WERE WE

EVERYWHERE I GO, I TURN AROUND HOPING TO FIND A GLIMPSE OF YOU
I TURN AROUND KNOWING YOU WON'T BE THERE
I TURN AROUND KNOWING YOU WON'T BE THERE
STILL, I TURN AROUND , I TURN ROUND, KNOWING YOU WON'T BE THERE
EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING YOU
EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING YOU

EVERYWHERE I GO, I STILL FEEL LOVED BY YOU
EVERYWHERE I GO, I STILL FEEL LOVED BY YOU
EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU!

EVERYWHERE I GO, I M REMEMBERING YOU
EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M REMEMBERING HOW IT USED TO BE...
WHEN YOU WERE YOU AND YOU AND I WERE WE
WHEN YOU WERE YOU AND YOU AND I WERE WE
WHEN YOU WERE YOU AND YOU AND I WERE WE!

MY NAME IS FRED

OUR TOMORROWS

I MIGHT SEE YOU A DAY PAST  TOMORROW
DON'T ASK FOR ANY TOMORROWS
THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES...
TOMORROW WILL MEAN I AM NO LONGER HERE
TOMORROW WOULD BE TOO SOON


AND DAY AFTER TOMORROW, ALSO TOO SOON
IT WOULD ONLY BRING YOU EMPTINESS
WILL ONLY BRING YOU SADNESS AND TEARS
BETTER, YET, WAIT ,PERHAPS FOR  A YEAR
YOU CAN WAIT A YEAR, DARLIN'
CAN YOU WAIT FOR JUST ONE MORE YEAR?
I PROMISE I WILL RETURN
MY DALIN', I PROMISE I WILL RETURN...

I HAVE GONE, GONE TO WAR
I HAVE GONE TWICE BEFORE
THIS TIME I HAVE YOU TO COME HOME TO
THIS TIME I HAVE YOU...
SO YOU SEE,DARLIN', JUST KNOW
IF YOU WRITE, IF YOU WAIT
I'LL BE BACK, PERHAPS IN A YEAR
DARLIN, MY DARLIN', PLEASE
TELL ME YOU CAN WAIT FOR A YEAR
MAYBE TWO

I PROMISE, I WILL RETURN
FROM WAR
I WILL RETURN CAUSE OF YOU
I WILL RETURN CAUSE OF YOU!
I'LL RETURN CAUSE NOW IN MY LIFE THERE IS YOU...
IN ALL MY TOMORROWS, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE YOU
DARLIN', MY DARLIN', PLEASE TELL ME IT IS TRUE
PLEASE TELLME , IT WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE!

BLESSED WAS I/ BLESSED AM I

Blessed am I, for you were my father
Blessed am I, for you loved my mother
Blessed was I, for you gave me life
Blessed am I, for you taught me to look
To the stars...
In your gentleness, you told me all  the answers
To life's questions would be found there
If I studied, if I challenged, if I dared
All the science, the cosmos,
The spirit  and God!
Blessed am I,  for you taught me a desire to learn
Greater still, you taught me to love ...
Blessed was I
Blessed  am I...