TOO MANY PIECES

Nursery rhymes, sand castles on the beach
It seemed good times would flow on forever
But life threw a curve ball from out of nowhere
Hitting right where our hearts were joined together

Hand in hand, strolling along the boardwalk
We stopped so our little boy could play a carnival game
As we embraced, he vanished without a trace
And now our lives will never, ever be the same

               [ chorus 1 & 2 ] 
          And all the wild horses and well meaning friends 
          Can't put all the pieces back together once again 
          Maybe sometimes, some things can be hard, even for Jesus
          Like mending hearts that are broken in too many pieces

When I saw you today at the grocery mart
You seemed so lonely, so many years older
An empty shell of the strong man I once knew
Before the world fell around our shoulders

But who can blame you when a milk carton picture
Of our only child is such a haunting memory? 
Oh, how I miss him and the times we shared together
And I so miss your heart beating next to me

         [ bridge ] 
     I know God loves me and sympathizes
     And on one awful day, how he must have felt 
     Because to lose your only son
     Hurts more than all the pain in all the books on history's shelf

               [ half chorus 3 / tag ]
          And all the wild horses and well meaning friends 
          Can't put all the pieces back together once again 
          And though we've tried to move on with our lives
          It seems like nothing ever releases 
          Hearts that have long been broken in too many pieces 



       Written by: Richard Aberdeen.  Copyright by Richard Aberdeen (ASCAP)
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