When I think how close you came to being gone      A friend of mine is going through   The same thing I did with you   She’s lost her man and must go on alone   And she don’t know if he’ll come back again   And I tremble ‘cause I know how she feels   When I think how close you came to being gone      And I tell her that I turn my face to Jesus   And said, let thou will be done   But if you know any way of keeping him   Lord, please show me one   It scares me half to death to think   Of living life alone   When I think how close you came to being gone      The reasons were just about the same   Day after day she nagged and complained   And she knows that she chased him away from home   And now she begs him just like I begged you   And she cries and asks me what can she do   And I think how close you came to being gone      And I tell her that I turn my face to Jesus   And said, let thou will be done   But if you know any way of keeping him   Lord, please show me one   It scares me half to death to think   Of living life alone   When I think how close you came to being gone      When I think how close you came to being gone