Be Here Anyway

Billy Gilman - It Happened Anyway

WORDS BY MATTIE J.T.STEPANEK

MUSIC BY TOM DOUGLAS

FROM THE BOOK HOPE THROUGH HEARTSONGS



When Jamie died I didn't understand

The eternity of my sadness

I wished I could have prevented it



When I rest in bed

Dream about how I could have lived and played with my brother

How I wished that I could have saved him

If wishing could bring him back

He'd be here with me today

But then, I remember...it happened anyway



When I look at pictures

And imagine what he would be like

Now a dozen years old

I wish I could have saved him from agelessness

If crying could bring him back

He'd be here with me today

But then I remember...it happened anyway

When I think of why and how

He was with us and left us

I wished I could have prevented

And stopped his death, and saved him from

Never needing breath for birthday can