It Must Have Been Your Time

Paul Dach (Best friend in high school who went in the Navy with me)

You left this world so suddenly,
Taking any chance from me,
To do those things I’d swore I’d do.
To come down south to visit you.

To laugh about the times we shared,
To say how much I always cared,
for you and how your life turned out.
Say what I was concerned about.

Today I have this deep regret.
Like everyone, I’m quite upset.
The world has lost a special man.
Hard to think it’s all God’s plan.

It’s hard for us to understand.
Our destinies, the father planned.
God took Paul home. He had a reason.
That don’t mean our pain is easin’.

My friend, we will miss you, sad and true.
We’ll savor mem’ries, fond, of you.
For all the lives that you did touch.
You were liked, and loved so much.

Today we come to say good-bye.
To bond in strength—no doubt to cry.
Until the day we meet again.
Rest in peace, my precious friend.