Tears of Joy

TEARS OF JOY

INTO MY ARMS
YOUR PAWS THEY WENT
ONTO MY CHEST THAT DAY
I FELL IN LOVE,
AGAIN AGAIN CIARA I’M AMAZED
YOUR TONGUE IT WARMED MY TEARS
THAT UNCLE SAM HAD SENT AWAY
YOUR BEAUTY BROWNS
THEY SHAPED YOUR FACE
LIKE WAR & ANGELS WINGS
YOUR TAIL WAS TUCKED
BECAUSE THE HELL THAT UNCLE SAM
HAD PUT YOU THROUGH
BUT ALL THE LOVE
YOUR K-9 HEART
HAD BLOSSOMED THROUGH & THROUGH

YOU MADE ME CRY
THESE TEARS OF JOY
THEY FLOWED LIKE STREAMS IN SPRING
THESE TEARS OF JOY
THEY TELL THE STORY
OF ALMOST EVERYTHING
I REALIZED THEN AND THERE
YOU WERE A SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME
WHO SUFFERED GREAT
BECAUSE OF WAR
BUT NOW YOUR SAFE WITH ME

OUR MIDEAST TOURS,
WERE ROUGH & SCARY
WHEN WE WERE OVER THERE
YOU PAID THE PRICE
A SOLDIER DOES
& NOW YOU HAVE ME HERE
YOUR SCARS I SEE
EACH & EVERY DAY
BUT NEVER ONCE COMPLAIN
YOU ARE MY HERO,
WE ARE A TEAM
WE WILL NOT LOSE THIS THING

MY DEAR CIARA
LIKE BLOOD FROM VEINS
& STREAMS IN GEORGIA SPRING
WE SHARE THE STORY
SPIRIT HEART
WE CAN CONQUER ANYTHING
PRECIOUS BEAUTY
4-LEGGED BROWN
YOUR ALWAYS IN MY HEART
WHEN YOU PASS ON
WHAT WE HAVE FORMED
WILL NEVER NEVER PART
A BOND WAS FORMED
SO LONG BEFORE
THE HEAVENS HAD BEGUN
WHAT GOD HAS BOUNDED TOGETHER
LET NO MAN NEVER ASUND

NOW CIARA
YOU MADE ME CRY
THESE TEARS OF JOY LIKE STREAMS IN SPRING
YOU TAUGHT ME
TO CONTINUE FIGHTING
WE CAN CONQUER ANYTHING
YOU ARE MY LIGHT
IN A DYING WORLD
WITH THIS I SAY TO YOU
YOU ARE MY TRUE
AND ONLY
GUARDIAN, ANGEL, I LOVE YOU

WHEN HEAVENS GATES
SWUNG OPEN WIDE
& YOU CAME PRANCING IN
ALL OF GLORY
SANG A SONG
FOR THE HERO THEY ACCEPTED IN
FIRST YOU SERVED
YOUR COUNTRY WITH PRIDE
THEN YOU MADE YOUR MARK
ON EARTH
BY BEING RIGHT THERE
BY MY SIDE
THROUGH ALL THE JOYS AND DIRT
NEVER HAS
FOUR PAWS TOUCHED GROUND
WITH A HEART SO PURE & TRUE
YOU TOUCHED THE DEPTHS
OF ALL WHO KNEW
YOU ARE A PIECE OF HEAVEN TOO

I REALIZED THEN AND THERE
YOU WERE A SOLDIER
JUST LIKE ME
NOW IT’S TIME
FOR YOU TO REST
YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING