At the End of It All

Summer 1962
Sunrise red in his eyes blue
Eyes on the horizon line
With his arm around his bride

He worked hard and he dreamed far
Bought his first car and a house with a yard
His family grew from two to five
As a decade passed on by

Life was going as he'd dreamed but passing like the morning's breeze
With night already on its way
That's when he first learned to say

At the end of it all
When death calls you home
All that remains is
The love that you gave
And the lives that you've changed

Another 30 years went by
Retired young at 59
His kids now have kids of their own
Running 'round his home

The snow falls down, its Christmas Day, the fire runs, Sinatra plays
He holds his grandson in his arms
And smiles at the setting sun

At the end of it all
When death calls you home
All that remains is
The love that you gave
And the lives that you've changed

Was up in Boston at his home
Two weeks before his soul let go
The cancer'd left his body torn
And night was knocking on the door

Sky blue eyes, same as dad's
Looking up at me
Through tears he said

"At the end of it all
When death calls you home
All that remains is
The love that you gave
And the lives that you've changed"