FOREVER FROM MY SIDE
aka
LOVE SONG OF LIFE
(EXCERPT)
Word & Music by James Sundquist
©1969
© 2014 EAGLE MASTERWORKS PRODUCTIONS
This is one of the few romantic songs I have written, but with a sad ending. Most of us have all lost at love and know the pain. Thanks be to God I presently do not have to experience this, as my wife and I have been happily married since 1987.
THE END OF EACH LONG DAY
BROUGHT THE WARMTH OF YOUR SMILE
I THOUGHT YOU’D ALWAYS STAY
BUT YOU’VE BEEN GONE A WHILE
A PIECE OF FRUIT UPON A VINE
FALLS WHEN RIPE, NO LONGER MINE
NOW YOU ARE ABSENT FROM MY ARMS
CHORUS:
IF ONLY YOU HAD CARED
TOGETHER HAND IN HAND
OUR LOVE WE COULD HAVE SHARED
IF ONLY YOU HAD DARED
TO BE MINE
aka
LOVE SONG OF LIFE
(EXCERPT)
Word & Music by James Sundquist
©1969
© 2014 EAGLE MASTERWORKS PRODUCTIONS
This is one of the few romantic songs I have written, but with a sad ending. Most of us have all lost at love and know the pain. Thanks be to God I presently do not have to experience this, as my wife and I have been happily married since 1987.
THE END OF EACH LONG DAY
BROUGHT THE WARMTH OF YOUR SMILE
I THOUGHT YOU’D ALWAYS STAY
BUT YOU’VE BEEN GONE A WHILE
A PIECE OF FRUIT UPON A VINE
FALLS WHEN RIPE, NO LONGER MINE
NOW YOU ARE ABSENT FROM MY ARMS
CHORUS:
IF ONLY YOU HAD CARED
TOGETHER HAND IN HAND
OUR LOVE WE COULD HAVE SHARED
IF ONLY YOU HAD DARED
TO BE MINE