James Germain & the Grey Gray Days - William's Song Lyrics

William, if you hear this song and curse the day that you were gone
Remember that my mother is your daughter
She took on your humble name for the son God never gave
But never felt the proud stare of a father

All I ever knew of you was told through Mother's silence whenever you spoke
Loyalty to a town I was born, and the wreck that almost took you well before

I held my breath when Jen told me cancer's in the air you breathe
No one had to ask if I was coming
Cause I had just moved far from home with my guitar for the unknown
And barely bought these strings I'm always strumming

All I ever knew of you was told through Mother's silence whenever you spoke
Loyalty to a town I was born, and the wreck that almost took you well before

Despite what drunken poets write, don't rage against the dying light
Gently as a whisper for a prayer, you crept in the darkest night and held the hand of Mother tight
Never is a long time not to bare the words you might have said had I been there