Your mother was crying   Your father passed her a handkerchief   Their tear-stained faces   Looked to mine for a sign of grief      A thousand raincoats   Always stand around too long   But I stayed to talk with you   After they had gone      The flowers I've brought you   Were beginning to fade under the heavy rain   Your name on the card had run   So I tried in vain to write it again      They didn't understand you, no   They didn't even try   I'm so glad that you left us now   Before you had the chance to die      I sat there for a long time   Expecting to turn and see you there   I ran my fingers through the long grass   Willing it to turn into your hair      And, oh, I'm gonna miss you, dear   But I don't have to cry   I'm so glad that you left us now   Before you had the chance to die      And oh, I'm going to miss you, dear   But I'm not going to cry   I'm so glad that your life stopped now   Before it had the chance to die