Hall of Angels

We stayed at the barroom till closing

I held down a place at his side

And drank to the memory that crushed him

A lady who'd loved him and died

He purely could not find a reason

To get it back up and go on

Then out of the dark came a stranger

Who turned us around with a song

He said: I know the pain that youi're feeling

I had a sweet little girl

And I loved her more than her mother

Or anything else in the world

And sure as I loved her I lost her

Sure as I wanted to die

Then I had a dream or a vision

Of wonder that opened my eyes

I dreamed of a young band of angels

That shone like the stars from above

'Cos each had a bright bruning candle

Except for the angel I loved

And I asked why their candles were burning

And why that hers wasn't the same

She said: Oh, Daddy, each time that I try to light it

Your tears just keep drowning the flame

We stared at the stranger in silence

His spirit was truly alive

If life had made his eyes glisten

The diamond was bright in his eye

'Cos everyone who ever loved him

Though fortune had torn them apart

Will live in the Hall of the Angels

As long as the love in his heart

Oh they'll live in the Hall of The Angels

As long as the love in your heart