The Garden

If tears could build a stairway And memories a lane We'd walk right up to Heaven And bring you back again It broke our hearts to lose you But you did not go alone For part of us went with you The day God called you home God looked around His garden And He found an empty place Then He looked down upon the earth And He saw your precious face He put His arms around you And He lifted you to rest God's garden must be beautiful He always takes the best Yes, He always takes the best We knew that you were suffering We knew you were in pain We knew you'd never get well On this earth again So He closed your weary eyes and He whispered, "Peace be thine." Then He took you up to heaven So gentle, so kind God looked around His garden And He found an empty place Then He looked down upon the earth And He saw your precious face He put His arms around you And He lifted you to rest God's garden must be beautiful He always takes the best Oh, God's garden must be beautiful He always takes the best