text: So far as I know, the author is UNKNOWN.  Unless, of course, you are talking about that song by Desiree Leemets (the Country Singer).  ;)\n\n\nIf tears could build a stairway, and memories were a lane,\nI would walk right up to heaven to bring you home again.\nNo farewell words were spoken, no time to say good-bye,\nYou were gone before I knew it, and only God knows why.\nMy heart still aches in sadness And secret tears still flow,\nWhat it means to lose you, no one will ever know.\n\nAuthor: Unknown