Old companion I know you are dying
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I feel the dark moment rise up through your core
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All your leaves die and your branches are bare
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And I fear if I sleep I'll awaken no more
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Chorus: Oh, you have been a great-hearted friend
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How we have peacefully travelled the years
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Now a soft counterpoint fills all my dreams
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The fall of your leaves and the fall of my tears
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Old companion I wakened this morning
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And felt a sad emptiness where you had been
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I was alone; lost in my grief for you
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Missing your touch so much loser than kin
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Old companion I found in your shadow
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One of the striplings that came from your seed
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Will he flourish feeding on all you were
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Will his young heart be the home that I need
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New companion pardon my tears awhile
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I will grow happier over the years
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As we grow close time will be good to us
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Granting us centuries yet without fears
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Chorus: Oh and he was a great-hearted friend
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Peacefully sharing my life 'til today
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Now he is only alive in my memory
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All else he was will soon crumble away
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First chorus
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Words and music: Kathy Mar
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Copyright 1985 Kathy Mar
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Song of a Dryad
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| Kathy Mar |
