| Show ships that never return BY JOHN AMOS TOPP LEBERRY SON im lonesome IF mother wit will I 1 not COME to my dreams I 1 SHALL go to her THERE are two pathways OPEN t to 0 me ONE into eternity AND one to her grave AT her grave I 1 FIND solace THERE the blue bells PLAY with zephyrs AND memory sings OF other 0 her blue bells AND other days WHEN she and I 1 ROAMED the green hills PICKING wild flowers UNDER summer skies 1 THEN Y you u came me AND heaven smiled AND lovo love blossomed IT was all too sweet TOO wonderful to last AND now im lonesome MOTHER promised TO VISIT ME IN my dreams BUT may bo be cho cannot come MAYBE she Is busy WAITING on new pa gera LIGHTING ALIGHTING A from ships IN that harbor IT was lier her way ALWAYS to help others MAYBE saved souls ARE travel worn AND need attention AND she Is nursing them BUT SON I 1 also need attention I 1 AM travel worn AND lonesome BUT mother ill 11 II greet me WHEN I 1 reach THE docks OP OF that harbor AND SON I 1 know WHAT shell say to roe me WITH flashing eyes ive been wa fainting inting WAITING for you WHERE have you been AND why I 1 DID you stay so long |
