In loving memory of Paul Desmond who passed away one year ago today.

If tears build a stairway

And memories leave a lane,

We would walk right up to heaven

And bring you back again.

No farewell words were spoken,

No time to say goodbye,

You were gone before we knew it

And only God knows why.

Our hearts still aches with sadness

And secret tears still flow.

What it meant to love you

No one can ever know.

But now we know you want us

To mourn for you no more,

To remember all the happy times

Life still has much in store.

Since you’ll never be forgotten,

We pledge to you today,

A hallowed placed within our hearts

Is where you’ll always stay.