Your passin' broke the silence   On that dark October day   The sun was headin' for the west   As it did I heard you say   I set my sail for a gentle breeze   Now I leave this world as it was meant to be      And you, did you listen to anything I said?   Did you ever listen to me?      Though now it seems you'll never know   But every lad to a man must grow   Till winter comes to celebrate   Then proudly chill the bone   When at last they bury me   Into this ground you'll someday see      And you, did you listen to anything I said?   Did you ever listen to me?      Though the face we wear   Sometimes seldom speaks   From the babe that cries   To this grown man's feet   May the hand still write   And it's heart shape keep   Till our fathers, sons and daughters agree