Grieving Angel

I want to go out like Elijah
On a chariot of fire
A cosmic re-assigning
So it's time to go a-flyin'
On into the gray

Seems that life is just a vapor
Then you're on to something greater
I guess I'll meet my maker
Maybe shake his hand and thank him
Then I'll be on my way

Cause I don't wanna be a stranger
Just another memory slipping through your hands
Let me be your Grieving Angel
If I can't be your man

Maybe death is just a gardener
Out there working in the darkness
A tender loving father
Who's quiet, and honest
And steady as the rain

So when you gaze into that distance
Between the end and the beginning
I'll be standing right there with ya
At the edges of your vision
So honey don't you look away

Cause I don't wanna be a stranger
Just another memory slipping through your hands
Let me be your Grieving Angel
If I can't be your man

Let me hold you when you're dreaming
Let me waltz you cross this old unholy land
Let me be your Grieving Angel
If I can't be your man