• My deepest sorrow has been realized;
    A tear has befallen your face
    For your sweet and pleasant papa
    Has died.
    I will stand here with you
    I will hold you and comfort you
    I will make you joyful while your loved one cannot.
    My one regret is that I could not
    Meet the man who has given you so much joy
    And receive his blessing.
    Life is in fact too short and too precious,
    Not only to the one living
    But to those he knows as well.
    This I now know to be fact for although he spent
    Much time on this earth he fell too young
    And now, it is no journey of sorrow that he goes through
    No I say! He goes up, up, upward!
    To a better, more beautiful place.
    Although in truth, he will find it is no paradise
    Not without his sweet young Courtney to show him
    His favorite of smiles.
    He will look however
    Down upon you from his seat in heaven
    And wish all the luck and fortunes upon you
    For although he is no longer here to let you know
    He loves you more and more each passing day.