The Funeral Bell Is

The funeral bell is tolling in the church belfry to where i am standing near But the person it tolls for it's slow tolling does not hear In the not distant future whenever that may be A similar bell will be tolling for me A bell that gives rise to the shedding of tears It has tolled for many through the decades of years A reminder to all of our mortality At life's journey's end death is our destiny The tolling of the church bell carrying in the breeze And birds all around me singing on the trees From one who breathed life's air a few days ago the last breath has gone But life in the World as usual goes on And cars and trucks on the busy street pass up and down That leads to the freeway to the nearest big town.