Lyrics

May a pleading heart be beating, in the breast of this old town
When our time is over, beloved voices sing somehow
Echoing through time and space, from the great beyond
Hold our hearts near and dear, farewell to those who’ve gone

All of my friends come to sing again
A song of sweet sorrow and tender pain
Joyful and lonesome, they echo the loving refrain
Someday we’ll gather and friends sing together again

Far away in blessed rapture, to the heavens up above
Knowing now how pure and true, their spirits are beloved
May all earthly competition fall away and be replaced
May all mindless self ambition, give way to love’s embrace

All of my friends come to sing again
A song of sweet sorrow and tender pain
Joyful and lonesome, echo the loving refrain
Someday we’ll gather and friends sing together again

Let me be a servant in the house of love
Let me be a soldier for the cause of love
Fences need mending, fires need tending, yeah
Pay any price, lay down my life in the fight for love

May all righteous indignation - ages past and present, too
Melt away and laid to rest, brothers and sisters true.
May you speak your ancient wisdom, you who’ve gone before.
Over yonder time continuum, through the fractured emerald door

All of my friends come to sing again
A song of sweet sorrow and tender pain
Joyful and lonesome, echo the loving refrain
Someday we’ll gather and friends sing together again