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He had vowed to pay a visit When he said good-bye to eight On this date of June the second Perfect time to celebrate Picked wild flowers in the thicket Made a circular bouquet Placed them down across the headstone Of the boy who bore his name As he stood there he felt joyful Certain Billy was with God For no youngster suffered satan When his flesh returned to sod Then, he thought about his grandpa Who had died at sixty-eight He recalled him as a good man But he wondered, "Was Gramps saved?" Billy started feeling lonely Thought, "It makes no sense to me Why a young child gets free passage Into God's eternity "If I grow up feeling faithless Must I pay forevermore That's a risk that's not worth taking Maybe I should close the door" He climbed back aboard his three-speed Pedaled out onto Route Five Saw a semi coming toward him One quick turn could end his life He felt sorry for his parents All the grief his death would cause Then he thought about forever They were saved, he might get lost When the truck had almost reached him He veered sharply in its path And he closed his eyes and waited For the bloody aftermath But he never heard a crash Instead... He was sitting in Demato's With a Nehi on a tray But they wouldn't take his money For his drink, or birthday cake So for little Billy Edwards A new chapter had begun No more sweating out his future Childhood was a time for fun He believed all of his loved ones Would re-gather one fine day In a place none could imagine Well beyond the Milky Way Where he'd meet the other Billy Learn the answers one-by-one Why his was the only gravesite And why he had died so young And as Bill grew slowly older He convinced a goodly lot That we didn't merely happen But Somebody called the shot
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