someone in my family has died my mother she cries as my father he comes to tell me someone in our family has died he says to me in a voice soft and shaking like a baby just yesterday she was here now she s gone it does not seem like it s real something s wrong she s gone she s gone i can still see her face as i left when i saw her this morning things were bright and fresh it was a new day i can still hear the last thing that she said now everyone s mourning her death now that she s passed away just yesterday she was here now she s gone it does not seem like it s real something s wrong she s gone she s gone i can still hear the last thing that she said a bird with a broken wing never soars so high again 