[Verse 1] If I'm gone when you awaken Please don't think I was unkind As I left, I thought about you And still hold you in my mind [Pre-Chorus] I don't know where I am heading But I know where I have been It was heaven to have known you Though some might have called it sin …Call it sin! [Chorus] In the garden of grief Silent flower grows In the hour of despair Come and touch a farewell rose [Verse 2] When you lay me on the table 'Fore you put me in the ground Whisper close and say you loved me So that I may keep the sound [Pre-Chorus] As you wander in the graveyard Past the roses growing on the wall Pick a bloom and take it with you For another at the ball …At the ball! [Chorus] In the garden of grief Silent flower grows In the hour of despair Come and touch a farewell rose