WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME

WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME,
AND I'M NOT THERE TO SEE
IF THE SUN SHOULD RISE AND FIND YOUR EYES
ALL FILLED WITH TEARS FOR ME
I WISH SO MUCH YOU WOULDN'T CRY,
THE WAY YOU DID TODAY
WHILE THINKING OF THE MANY THINGS
WE DIDN'T GET TO SAY.

I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME,
AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU
AND EACH TIME THAT YOU THINK OF ME
I KNOW YOU'LL MISS ME TOO
BUT WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME
PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND
THAT AN ANGEL CAME AND CALLED MY NAME
AND TOOK ME BY THE HAND
AND SAID MY PLACE WAS READY
IN HEAVEN FAR ABOVE
AND THAT I'D HAVE TO LEAVE BEHIND
ALL THOSE I DEARLY LOVE.

BUT AS I TURNED TO WALK AWAY
A TEAR FELL FROM MY EYE
FOR ALL LIFE,I'D ALWAYS THOUGHT
I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE
I HAD SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR
SO MUCH YET TO DO
IT SEEMED ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
THAT I WAS LEAVING YOU

I THOUGHT OF ALL YESTERDAYS
THE GOOD ONES AND THE BAD
I THOUGHT OF ALL THE LOVE WE SHARED
AND ALL THE FUN WE HAD

IF I COULD RELIVE YESTERDAY
JUST EVEN FOR AWHILE
I'D SAY GOODBYE AND KISS YOU
AND MAYBE SEE YOU SMILE

BUT THEN I FULLY REALIZED
THAT THIS COULD NEVER BE
FOR EMPTINESS AND MEMORIES
WOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF ME.

AND WHEN I THOUGHT OF WORDLY THINGS
I MIGHT MISS COME TOMORROW
I THOUGHT OF YOU,AND WHEN I DID
MY HEART WAS FILLED WITH SORROW.

BUT WHEN I WALKED THROUGH HEAVENS GATES
I FELT SO MUCH AT HOME
WHEN GOD LOOKED DOWN AND SMILED AT ME
FROM HIS GREAT GOLDEN THRONE
HE SAID"THIS IS ETERNITY,AND ALL I'VE PROMISED YOU"
TODAY FOR LIFE ON EARTH IS PAST
BUT HERE IT STARTS ANEW
I PROMISE NO TOMORROW
BUT TODAY WILL ALWAYS LAST
AND SINCE EACH DAYS THE SAME DAY THERE'S NO LONGING FOR THE PAST.

BUT YOU HAVE BEEN SO FAITHFUL
SO TRUSTING AND SO TRUE.
THOUGH THERE WERE TIMES YOU DID SOMETHINGS
YOU KNEW YOU SHOULDN'T DO.
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN
AND NOW AT LAST YOUR FREE
SO WON'T YOU TAKE MY HAND
AND SHARE MY LIFE WITH ME?

SO WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITH OUT ME
DON'T THINK WE'RE FAR APART
FOR EVERYTIME YOU THINK OF ME
I' RIGHT HERE, IN YOUR HEART.