A promise made by a woman to her husband. This is the first rendition of this song.
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Story behind the song
This is a true story about what my mother and dad went thru as she was taking care of him while he succumbed to cancer. Lyric/Music - Rebecca Dale Peaden, Demo by MagicShak Productions, Murfreesboro, TN.
Lyrics
HIS LAST SUNRISE
© 5/05, WORDS AND MUSIC REBECCA DALE PEADEN (BMI)
DEMO BY MAGIC SHACK PRODUCTIONS
MURFREESBORO, TN
V1
THE VERDICT WAS IN HE DIDN'T HAVE LONG
SHE KNEW IT WOULD TAKE ALL SHE COULD GIVE
SHE MADE HIM A PROMISE HE'D DIE AT HOME
THEY KISSED ONE ANOTHER AND THE DOCTOR MOVED ON
THEY NEVER KNEW WHEN THE NEXT MEAL WOULD BE
HE CRAVED ICE CREAM BUT THERE WASN'T A DIME
THEY HAD NO INCOME OR INSURANCE
AND SOCIAL SECURITY JUST GAVE'M A HARD TIME
CHORUS:
AS HE LAY DYIN' SHE WAS TRYIN'
TO KEEP THE PROMISE SHE'D MADE
SO EACH MORNIN' WHEN HE AWOKE
SHE BROUGHT HIM COFFEE AND A SMOKE
AND GENTLY CLIMBED INTO HIS BED
HELD HIM CLOSE AS THEY WATCHED
AT WHAT COULD BE HIS LAST SUNRISE
THRU GOLDEN LEAVES OF THE OLD OAK TREES
V2
HIS SUFFERIN' WAS TAKING IT'S TOLL
ON HIM AS WELL AS AND HER GENTLE SOUL
HE CRIED OUT LOUD IF SHE LEFT THE ROOM
A ONCE TOWERING MAN SCARED TO FACE HIS TOMB
THE LAST FEW DAYS THEY 'BOUT LOST THEIR MINDS
HE SAW HIS MOTHER WHO'D GONE ON BEFORE
AND SANG WITH THE ANGELS IN THREE-QUARTER TIME
HER FAITH IN GOD SHAKEN TO THE CORE
FINAL CHORUS:
AS HE LAY DYING SHE WAS TRYING
TO KEEP THE PROMISE SHE'D MADE
SO THAT MORNING WHEN SHE AWOKE
SHE BROUGHT HIS COFFEE AND A SMOKE
AND GENTLY CLIMBED INTO HIS BED
BUT REALIZED HE WAS NO LONGER THERE
HE'D BEEN SET FREE TO WATCH A SUNRISE
THRU GOLDEN LEAVES OF HEAVEN'S OAK TREES
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