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River of Tears – Doyle Lawson

To young and proud parents a baby is born.
They both weep softly as he’s placed in her arms.
While just one floor below them cries a family in grief
For a loved one crossed Jordon their maker to meet.

A handsome young man walks the isle with his bride
The onlookers proudly wipe tears from their eyes.
A few short years later the papers are filed.
They both cry in anger in a fight for their child.

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Winding through life, runs a river of tears
flowing deep with emotions with each passing year.
Tears of pain and joy, tears of gain and loss
Time and again we must cross the river of tears.

Two teen-age solders march bravely to war
To battle for freedom on some distant shore.
One returns safely to tears of great joy
While the others both morn for the loss of their boy.

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