Robin Holcomb The Graveyard Song Lyrics

How soon is right?
I'll soon forget
Oh, give up a little that you know
We know we die because he loved
And his death is our dying hope
No one knew you but to love you
No one named you but to praise
Sit beside, we will lay down low
We were friends in my better days
Sum your life and brand a stone
The chisel won't help you any
Sons and daughters of you I see
[?] and born, they're all singing with me

Cast your lot in with the rest
By wind and rain extend it
Raise the light to rеad the names
Pale fingеrs point to heaven
Beyond the river, there they row
By trees and shade enclose it
Side by side, long at last
No one need ever know it
Consider friend when this you see How my life was lived by me
How I shall pass I cannot know
But I don't mind to be starting over

No marker here will name the place
Where ashes float like laughter
I cast them out when I see your face
And words come tumbling after
A tangled group of lovers lay
Asleep in the trembling ground
Wipe the sorrow from your eyes
Take comfort in the sound
Sum your life and brand a stone
The chisel won't help you any
Sons and daughter of you I see
[?] and born, they're all singing with me

How soon is right?
I'll soon forget
Oh, give up a little that you know
We know we die because he loved
And his death is our dying hope
And his death is our dying hope