Patchwork Quilt
They unfolded your lives one by oneThey laid out your patchwork under the sunAnd people gathered from miles aroundTo witness your quilt spread on the ground.
And then they called out your nameOh yes they called out your nameOh and you will live foreverYou know that I'll be loving youJust like a patchwork quilt.
Well there were men and women, mothers and fathersSisters and brothers, daughters and sonsAnd children and babies, and lovers and friendsThey all lay before me sewn into one.
Your lives had meaning and your lives had joyYou touches so many peole, many more than you will knowAnd you wrapped yourselves around meAs I walked along these rowsYou're letting me feel your beautiful souls.
I feel the warmth of your livesOh and you will live foreverYou know that I'll be loving youJust like a patchwork quilt.
My heart spills over, flowing with tearsI cry for your suffering andfor your shortened yearsAnd I'll take you with me as I walk awayRemembering you who have died with AIDS
Yes, I remember your namesOh I remember your namesOh and you will live foreverYou know that I'll be loving youJust like a patchwork quilt.