IÂ’ll walk just beyond the moon then iÂ’ll stop and wait for you

(recitation)
My mother and my father were in love for 50 years
So when dad died we wondered why my mother shed no tears
We asked her once about it but she wouldnÂ’t tell us why
Instead sheÂ’d walk outside each night and smile up at the sky
Then just before she left us she called us to her sideÂ…
She told us what my father said to her just before he died

I remember when you said youÂ’d never leave me
Through these golden years iÂ’ve kept the same vow too
But now that i am going please donÂ’t leave me
IÂ’ll walk just beyond the moon then iÂ’ll stop and wait for you

(chorus 1)
You can look up every night and youÂ’ll see me light the light
Where iÂ’ll watch for you to join me someday soon
WeÂ’ll go lookin through the stars for the heaven that is ours
And i know weÂ’ll find it soon somewhere just beyond the moon

IÂ’ll walk just beyond the moon then iÂ’ll stop and wait for you

(chorus 2)
IÂ’ll just sit there by a star and iÂ’ll watch you from afar
Til i see you walking toward me someday soon
Then together hand in hand weÂ’ll find our promised land
And weÂ’ll settle down forever darlinÂ’ just beyond the moon

(tag) iÂ’ll walk just beyond the moon then iÂ’ll stop and wait for you