Life was never easy but when troubles came along   Together we could take 'em in our stride   Through the good times and the tears through all the passin' years   Night and day you'd never left my side   Now the shadows of the leaves on the grass beneath the trees   Are the only things that move across the lawn   As I stand here all alone and read the words upon the stone   I begin to realize you're really gone   Don't think it's just your troubled mind if suddenly you find   That's something brushed away the bitter tears you've cried   If you feel something touch your face and disappear without a trace   And leave a warm familiar feeling by your side   It's not the shadows of the leaves in the early autumn breeze   As they blow along the grass that's summer dried   Through the good times and the tears through the autumn of your years   Night and day I'll never leave your side   Oh the shadows of the leaves...