My dear Vinyl, who could have foreseen
 
my dear friend, how long has it been
 
 
 
 
It seemed an eternity since I've seen your face
 
so leaving the train I had a quick pace
 
 
 
 
I went to our house, nopony was there
 
I peered inside, but found it was bare
 
 
 
 
I wondered then, what could have occurred
 
you leaving town just seemed so absurd
 
 
 
 
I searched high and ever so low
 
wondering still, where did you go
 
 
 
 
I asked around, nopony talked
 
with sad faces, away they walked
 
 
 
 
I didn't Know, I wondered why
 
what had I said to make them cry
 
 
 
 
Suddenly I heard a tune I knew
 
I heard it before while I lived with you
 
 
 
 
I saw a glimmer, a spark of hope
 
at the top of a grassy slope
 
 
 
 
It came from there, without a doubt
 
the song I heard, the town throughout
 
 
 
 
The sound you played, it beckoned to me
 
I followed it gladly, filled with glee
 
 
 
 
But as I reached the top of this hill
 
my happiness had all but it's fill
 
 
 
 
Sadness now came in roaring seas
 
and weeping now, I fell to my knees
 
 
 
 
For at the top, where your music would boom
 
I found you sleeping, in your musical tomb
 
 
 
 
Kneeling here for you I cry
 
still I wonder, How, when, and why
 
 
 
 
 
Now as your song comes to it's close
 
it stops for a moment, then again it goes
 
 
 
 
 
It made me realize, with the hint of a grin
 
you're alive in my heart, and the music therein
 
 
 
 
It matters not, What, Why, or when
 
but rather this moment, and what's done within
 
 
 
 
So I'll stand now, stand by your side
 
the reach of our friendship, death cannot divide
 
 
 
 
I'll pull out my cello, we'll play a duet
 
the likes of which, none have heard yet
 
 
 
 
You with your beat and me with my string
 
together we'll make this sad world sing
 
 
 
 
We'll take their song, so sorry and sad
 
we'll take it and shape it to something glad
 
 
 
 
We'll fill it full with a happy cheer
 
we'll show this world, there's nothing to fear
 
 
 
 
We'll play together, just you and I
 
a final duet, as a lasting goodbye
 
 
 
 
Goodbye to your body, but not your soul
 
it survives through my heart, keeping it whole
 
 
 
 
Now I'm not sad, I cannot lie
 
I'm just so happy, that now I cry
 
 
 
 
For Deep down inside I know
 
through my music your soul will flow
 
 
 
 
I play for you now and with you forever
 
when next I'm alone, shall be never
 
 
 
 
For together we are, our music now one
 
with taut strings, and records spun.