(no subject)
If you're ever going to love me
love me now so I can know
all the sweet and tender feelings
which from real affection flow
Love me now while I am living
Do not wait 'till I am gone
and then chisel it in marble
warm love words on ice cold stone
If you've dear sweet thoughts about me
why not whisper them to me
Don't you know 'twould make me happy
And as glad as glad can be
If you wait 'till I am sleeping
n'er to wake and hear again
There'll be walls of earth between us
And I couldn't hear you then
If you knew someone was thirsting
for a drop of water sweet
would you be so slow to bring it
would you step with lagged feet
There are tender hearts all 'round us
who are thirsting for our love
Why withhold from them what nature
makes them crave all else above?
I won't need your kind caresses
when the grass grows o'er my face
I won't crave your love or kisses
in my last low resting place
So then if you love me any
if it's but a little bit
Let me know while I'm living
I can own and treasure it
If you're ever going to love me
love me now while I can know
all the sweet and tender feelings
which from real affection flow
Love me now while I am living
do not wait till I am gone
and then chisel it in marble
warm love words on ice cold stone