When trouble came to me, you were there
I needed a shoulder to cry on, you loved me and you said
When tears ran down my face, you wiped them all away
And now that you have gone, you're going to heaven up above
I sit and think of you
Tears down my eyes
My heart is like a rose
Its pedals slowly dies
Kare au e kite akaou
Ia koe
Kua ngaro koe iaku nei
Aere, aere ra
Ki te pae o te Atua
Nana koe e tiaki
Nana e mou iakoe
I sit and think of you
Tears from my eyes
My heart is like a rose
Its pedals slowly dies
Kare au e kite akaou
Ia koe
Kua ngaro koe iaku nei
Aere, aere ra
Ki te pae o te Atua
Nana koe e tiaki
Nana e mou iakoe