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First It’s a Day (Beryl’s Song)

Telephone rang - knew you were gone

Songs that you sang - will linger on

All of your pain - it had to cease

What keeps me sane - is you are at peace


I know it’s life - we knew the rules

We shared the strife - nobody’s fools

You had to cross - line drawn by time

I bore the loss - for once you were mine


Chorus:

First it’s a day - and then it’s a week

Then it’s month -that we never speak

Then comes a year - which brings back the day

You left me here - when you went away


Once there was you - and there was me

Then there was two - as meant to be

Now in this vale - I stand alone

You have set sail - and our time has flown


Time & the tide - ride slowly by

Tears I have cried - will never dry

We shared a life - now I’m alone

I was your wife - I answered the phone


Chorus:

First it’s a day - then it’s a week

Then it’s month - we never speak

Then it’s a year - which brings back the day

You left me here - when you went away

(repeat chorus)


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