song lyrics

I asked him if he knew we didn't fault him;
He said that, really, no one was to blame.
I realized, once again, how much compassion
We had yet to embody to live up to this good man's name.

I asked him if he had been at the funeral;
He said it seemed like a little too much.
I said the love we gave there was a tribute
To a man who gave so much to everyone that he would touch.

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I could tell that he was as distressed as me
As to how we'd go on and get by;
Yet, both of us knew that we would make it through,
Once we all just resolved to live by his example.
His example.

I asked him if he knew what was to happen;
He said it wasn't for us to decide.
I knew, then, what he had learned through a lifetime:
That we should live our lives for the moment, before it subsides.

Chorus

I told him that I would never forget him;
He smiled at me with a tear in his eye.
I asked him why he had come back to see me;
He said to thank me for saying goodbye.

Chorus

His example.
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