Your passing broke the silence On that dark October day The sun was heading for the west As it did, I heard you say I set my sail for a gentle breeze Now I leave this world as it was meant to be And you Did you listen To anything I said? Did you ever listen to me? Though now it seems you'll never know But every lad to a man must grow 'Til winter comes to celebrate Then proudly chills the bone When at last they bury me Into this ground you'll someday see And you Did you listen To anything I said? Did you ever listen to me? Though the faces we wear sometimes seldom speaks From the babe that cries to this grown man's feet May the hand still write and its heart shape keep 'Til our fathers, sons and daughters agree