I ONCE HELD AND ANGEL,
AND I SWORE I'D NEVER LET GO,
BUT THEN GOD CALLED HIM TO COME HOME,
AND OPENED HEAVEN'S DOOR.

MY WORLD CAME CRASHING IN ON ME,
I'D LOST THE MAN I LOVED,
WE VOWED TO LOVE FOREVER,
BUT THEN A VOICE CALLED FROM ABOVE.

THE LORD SAID, "JOHNNY, I AM HERE,
YOUR WORK ON EARTH IS DONE. 
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO FIND THE PEACE,
THAT YOU SEARCHED SO LONG FOR, MY SON."

"I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE GREATLY MISSED,
AND I KNOW THAT HEARTS WILL BREAK,
SO, I WILL LEAVE BEHIND YOUR MEMORY,
BUT YOUR SOUL, NOW, I MUST TAKE."

I CRY NOW FOR THE LOVE I LOST,
FOR THE ANGEL GOD CALLED HOME,
THE LOVE WE SHARED TOGETHER,
WAS LIKE NONE I'D EVER KNOWN.

YOUR EYES COULD LOOK RIGHT THROUGH ME,
AND YOUR HEART COULD SENSE MY PAIN,
AND YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE TO GUIDE ME,
AND KEEP ME SHELTERED FROM THE RAIN.

YOUR TOUCH WAS SOFT AND GENTLE,
AND YOU NEVER LET ME DOWN,
WHEN I WOULD STUMBLE OR I WOULD FALL,
YOU'D PICK ME UP OFF THE GROUND.

YOUR VOICE WAS MUSIC TO MY EARS,
AND YOU KNEW JUST WHAT TO SAY,
YOU'D GENTLY KISS MY LIPS AND SMILE,
AND TAKE ALL MY FEARS AWAY.

YOU GAVE ME FAITH, AND GAVE ME HOPE,
WHEN I THOUGHT IT ALL WAS LOST,
YOU GAVE ME STRENGTH AND COURAGE,
TO KEEP BELIEVING, AT ANY COST.

AND SO, NOW, I MUST CARRY,
ALL THESE THINGS YOU GAVE TO ME;
FOREVER IN MY HEART YOU'LL LIVE,
FOR ALL ETERNITY.

FOR YOU HOLD A PLACE INSIDE MY HEART,
THAT ALWAYS WILL BE YOURS,
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE WATCHING ME,
FROM HEAVEN'S OPEN DOORS.

SO, I CRY NOW FOR AN ANGEL,
WHO FINALLY MADE IT HOME,
FOR I ONCE HELD AN ANGEL,
AND AN ANGEL'S LOVE I'VE KNOWN.