You wake up in the early morning Pour yourself a cup of something sweet Then you go out in the air and See what's growin in the early summer heat Somewhere a broken record's playin Memories like half-forgotten songs When somebody's gone You stack up all the books and papers Photographs and stories that you know Then you pack up all the boxes and you sweep the floor And then it's time to go Take all the things they saved and treasured Put em in a pile on the lawn When somebody's gone They say your heart won't always hurt But they don't say how long Ain't it strange the body turns to dirt While love goes on and on When somebody's gone Every day the sun goes down And something comes to serve as a reminder Of all the things you coulda said and done If you were just a little kinder It's plain to see that kindness Was the only thing that mattered all along When somebody's gone They say your heart won't always hurt But they don't say how long Ain't it strange the body turns to dirt While love goes on and on When somebody's gone