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Rita Lyrics
Lay down softly in our sorrow
Lay down sister to die
And cover over my sweet Father
Cover over her eyes
Your broken body
It cannot weather the years your youth still longs to spend
So go down graceful
Sleep with the angels
And wake up whole again
Cause it was not your time
That's a useless line
A fallen world
That took your life
But the God that sometimes can't be found will wrap himself around you
So lay down sister, lay down
Slower passing
Are the hours
To tell this tale that takes it's time
But the finest moment a man can measure
Is to look your savior in the eye
So take her tender to your table
Take her from this killing floor
To taste the water that is forever
Let her be thirsty no more
Cause it was not her time
That's a useless line
A fallen world
That took her life
But the God that sometimes can't be found will wrap himself around you
So lay down sister, lay down
And the God that sometimes can't be found will wrap himself around you
So lay down Rita, lay down
Lay down sister to die
And cover over my sweet Father
Cover over her eyes
It cannot weather the years your youth still longs to spend
So go down graceful
Sleep with the angels
And wake up whole again
That's a useless line
A fallen world
That took your life
But the God that sometimes can't be found will wrap himself around you
So lay down sister, lay down
Are the hours
To tell this tale that takes it's time
But the finest moment a man can measure
Is to look your savior in the eye
Take her from this killing floor
To taste the water that is forever
Let her be thirsty no more
That's a useless line
A fallen world
That took her life
But the God that sometimes can't be found will wrap himself around you
So lay down sister, lay down
So lay down Rita, lay down
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this song was written for after a friend's death from cancer, he played it at her funeral.