My mother told me there's an angel, who watches us through Our life, who guides us through the darknes, until We reach the light, but no matter how I sit and think And Lord know I tried, But where was the guardian angel on the day my best friend died Well I heard that there's an afterlife, I heard Life is just for dying I heard that fear is a man's Best friend and I heard his family crying, I Heard I said, I say, I thought but Lord you know I tried, but where whas the guardian angel On the day my best friend died