C G Walden - The Hymn Remained Lyrics

So little is left except the song
He Talked to family dead and gone
The door between dreams and reality
Opened by nearing mortality
Sitting in a chair for days on end
Nothing left to do no visiting friend
No more work to gain eternity
She's right around the corner bidding mournfully
But when I'd sing Amazing Grace
He'd open his eyes and he'd sing bass
When all was gone the hymn remained
The final joy in a world of pain
Which you rather do pick peas
How's the coming herd so to speak
Southern Zen from a playful mind
Now only memories l eft behind
But when I'd sing Amazing Grace
He'd open his eyes and he'd sing bass
When all was gone the hymn remained
The final joy in a world of pain
Ashes to ashes dust to dust
Every parting takes a part of us
Something less and somehow something more
Reaching out from a farther shore
But when I'd sing Amazing Grace
He'd open his eyes and he'd sing bass
When all was gone the hymn remained
The final joy in a world of pain
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see