A thousand times I've thought of you (or: The day God took you home)

A thousand times I've thought of you,

A thousand times I've cried.

If love alone could have saved you,

You never would have died.

 

In life I loved you dearly,

In death, I love you still.

In my heart you hold a place

No other one can fill.

 

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you did not go alone.

For part of me went with you

The day God took you home.

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Another, slightly different version:

A million times I’ve needed you,

A million times I’ve cried,

If love alone could have saved you

You never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,

In death I love you still.

In my heart you hold a place,

No one else can ever fill.

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you didn’t go alone,

Part of me went with you,

The day God took you home.

 

(Author(s) unknown)