AL

AL


STAY WITH ME LORD
FOR THE DAY IS ENDING
AND THE NIGHT IS COMING NIGH

LIKE A TIDE THAT WILL NOT EBB
FILLING UP ALL THE LOW PLACES OF MY LIFE
SO THAT ALL I SEE
ARE THE MOUNTAIN TOPS OF THOSE
WHO LOVE ME

WHAT A GIFT TO BE LOVED
ESPECIALLY IN THIS LONELY HOUR
WHAT A GIFT TO BE LOVED

I WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT SINGING
BUT I KEEP FORGETTING THE WORDS

STAY WITH ME LORD
I HAVE MANY REGRETS
BUT LEAVING HER WHOM I DEEPLY LOVE
WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT

FAREWELL TO DREAMS
TO HOPES
BUT NOT TO LOVE

IT WILL BE IN THE GATHERING DARKNESS
A BEACON TO SHOW ME HOME
HER LOVE
A LANTERN TO MY FEET
A FAREWELL GENEROUSLY GIVEN

THERE IS AT THE END RESIGNATION
AND REGRET
AND BELIEF IN YOUR LOVE
UPON WHICH MY LOVE FOR HER IS BASED
WHICH GIVES US BOTH OUR JOY
AND SADNESS IN THIS HOUR

THERE IS IN THAT BELIEF
THE THOUGHT
THAT WHEN I GO
THAT I SHALL LEAVE BEHIND

MY HEART
IN HER HEART
SINGING MY LOVE FOR HER
FOREVER


FRANK A VOLLMER