"Softly As I Leave You (Rehearsal)" lyrics

Okay, let's, let's go over "Softly, As I Leave You"
I'm going to tell the story, the true story behind this love song
A man was dying, and his wife was sitting by his bedside, and she'd been sitting up with him for three days and nights, and somewhere on the third day, between midnight and day, she laid down beside him and dozed off to sleep
And he felt her when she dozed off to sleep, and, at the same time, he felt himself start to die, and he took his notepad from the side of the bed, and he wrote

Softly (Softly)
I will leave you (I will leave you softly)
Softly
For my heart would break (For my heart would break)
If you should wake (If you should wake)
And see me go (And see me go)

So I leave you (So I leave you)
Softly (Softly)
Long before you miss me (Long before you miss me)
Long before your arms can beg me stay (Long before your arms can beg me stay)
For one more hour (For one more hour)
For one more day (For one more day)

After all the years (After all the years)
I can't bear the tears (I can't bear the tears)
To fall (To fall)
So softly (So softly)
So softly
I will leave you there
I will leave you
I will leave you there