Kramer's Song

A bright light went out, and heaven sighed

A week after we talked at The County Line.

There’s not a soul on Main Street,

The whole town took the day off.

I remember thinkin when I left that night

“There’s a man who’s gonna carry the light”

Then somebody blinked

And you went on across.

You never met a stranger, your smile was gold.

You never shirked a friendship or a winding road

Ol Jim Thom said it,

I know it to be so.

So I’ll raise up a can to you, Brother Beams

A walkin grin in wore out jeans.

May the memory of your smile be a comfort

To keep us from the cold.

Now your daddy’s fixin tractors out at The Mac

Your momma’s keepin busy and the darkness back

This world keeps spinnin with a sadness

Three counties wide

There’s not a word I can do or say

To salve that wound or lessen that weight

So God bless you, God bless you please

Amen.