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One of the best songs ever written! I first heard Larry sing this live back in the 80s and it astounded me. For my original music videos go to http://www.youtube.com/DCCardwellsMusic You can buy my music directly at http://dccardwell.com, and it's also on iTunes, CD Baby etc. Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/dccardwell LYRICS (written by Larry Norman) When you first begin your journey, you're not sure just who you are And the lessons that you're learning, they don't take you very far. And you just can't keep from stumbling, though you try so hard to stand, And the truth can be so humbling when it's just beyond your hand. As though youth were my invention, as though love lay undefined, To stay free was my intention, to stay young and unconfined. And so I held my pride above you, oh, yes, what a fool was I, Holding back those words "I love you," and letting out that word goodbye. CHORUS I was wrong to let you go I was a child and I did not know About the love that we both could have given And now you've gone so far away, I hope I'll see you again someday But if I don't, I hope I'll see you in heaven. I was foolish in my younger days to think they'd never end Life confused me with its changing ways, and I could not comprehend All the meaning in those moments now lost like footprints in the sand And I'm standing here remembering, but it's so hard to understand. Now I'm sitting in this garden in the middle of my days And my memories drift and harden as the years they slip away, And I've been looking in this mirror at the age around my eyes Time is such an earnest laborer, precision is his neighbor. Lay my body in the ground, but let my spirit touch the sky. This was recorded live in my home studio using a Zoom Q3HD camcorder Thanks for listening! ~ DC DC Cardwell is an award-winning singer-songwriter who grew up in Northern Ireland and is now based in Melbourne, Australia http://www.dccardwell.com LARRY NORMAN INFO (FROM WIKIPEDIA) Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 - February 24, 2008 ) was an American Christian musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer, who worked with Christian rock music. Since Norman's first professional release in 1967, more than 100 of his own albums have been released through such commercial record labels as Capitol, MGM, Verve, and his own independent labels: One Way Records, Solid Rock Records, Street Level Records, and Phydeaux Records. In January 1973 Cashbox named Norman as one of the Best New Male Artists of the year. In 1989 Norman was awarded the Christian Artists' Society Lifetime Achievement Award. On 27 November 2001 Norman was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Ryman Auditorium,[7] and was voted into the CCM Hall of Fame in January 2004 by the readers of CCM magazine. In 2007 Norman was inducted into the San Jose Rocks Hall of Fame, both as a member of People!, and as a solo artist. At that time Norman reunited for a concert with People! In 2009 Norman was among those honored in a tribute segment of the Grammy Awards. After an extended illness, Norman died at 2:45 AM on February 24, 2008, aged 60, at his home in Salem, Oregon with family and friends present. The previous day he had posted a message regarding his illness on his website: "I feel like a prize in a box of Cracker Jacks with God's hand reaching down to pick me up. I have been under medical care for months. My wounds are getting bigger. I have trouble breathing. I am ready to fly home. I won't be here much longer. I can't do anything about it. My heart is too weak. I want to say goodbye to everyone. [...] I want to say I love you. I'd like to push back the darkness with my bravest effort. [...] Goodbye, farewell, we will meet again". Select discography Since the 1960s, Norman's work has appeared on over 100 albums, compilations, and concert bootlegs. These recordings have been released under various labels and with various artists. Some ...