Oh Sweet Companion

We're on the backside of this hilltop

and the years have taken tolls

on our skin and on our bodies

on our hearts and on our souls

but still you're just as beautiful

as on that first night long ago

when with his trembling hand

a boy took your hand

and knew he'd never let it go

I love you more today

than I even did back then

Sweet Companion (Oh, Sweet Companion)

My love, my life, my friend

Sweet Companion

Oh, Sweet Companion

We've both walked through fields of sorrow

and in them sown the seeds of faith

I've carved the lines of tears and laughter

on the glory of your face

There were the times I took the good things

and I nearly laid them waste

but never did I see you

lose your elegance and grace

I gave my lovely bride a promise

and I'd do the same again

Sweet Companion (Oh, Sweet Companion)

My love, my life, my friend

Sweet Companion

Oh, Sweet Companion

And I may not have tomorrow

to say these things to you,

so I've put them in a little song

'cos that's the kind of thing I do

And if Jesus were to take me

before these lines are through

there is enough here I have written

so you'll know each word is true

We both wrote our book together

and it's a story without end

Sweet Companion (Oh, Sweet Companion)

My love, my life, my friend

Sweet Companion

Oh, Sweet Companion

Sweet Companion

Oh, Sweet Companion