the last song for my resting place

Lyrics

mother, father, thank you so, for keeping the fires burning home, brother, brother, for giving shelter, throughout those years of war, oh now that it's nearly over, after a long night in wait, i'd soothe every soul, with the last comfort, but mine, i believe in love and you need to know, that my heart's in your embrace, now i'm leaving well but i bid farewell, one last song for my resting place, i grew up on a family farm, where the wheat grows like gold, i played his music, he forgave my sins, as foretold in the books of old, oh now that it's nearly over, after a long night in wait, i'd soothe every soul, with the last comfort, but mine, i believe in love and you need to know, that my heart's in your embrace, now i'm leaving well but i bid farewell, one last song for my resting place, dear maria, enjoy your life, you've always known that, i'm by your side, these are fortunes worse than war, beyond my reach and i have no more, my father said upon his death, son, don't shed a tear for me, mrs. robinson my only life, nearer to god than to thee, oh now that it's nearly over, after a long night in wait, i'd soothe every soul, with the last comfort, but mine, i believe in love and you need to know, that my heart's in your embrace, now i'm leaving well but i bid farewell, one last song for my resting place, my father said on his deathbed, son, don't shed those tears for me, mrs. robinson oh you are my love, nearer to god than to thee, oh maria, i loved you so, the heart grows fonder as i go, please think of me as i sleep, from beyond the ship into the deep