It takes a lot to carry on To hold my head up when you're gone In all I say In all I do My life will always echo you And in the dark I close my eyes To hear you sing of bluer skies The piano sits and stares me down A statuette without a sound So I will play and fill the room With "Danny Boy" and old-time tunes I'll watch your favorite "black & white" When I Love Lucy's on tonight Like wildfire, the colors spread A patchwork quilt upon Earth's bed The smell of rain The cooling air I breathe it in to know you're there The rustling of quaking trees The melody of Autumn Leaves (Voice of Ida Boyd Reid & Dustin Gledhill, 1984) It takes a lot to carry on To hold my head up when you're gone In all I say In all I do My life will always echo you And in the dark I close my eyes To hear you sing of bluer skies