Billy Gilman - It Happened Anyway lyrics

When Jamie died

And I didn't understand

The eternity of my sadness

I wished I could have prevented it

When I rest in bed

Dream about how I could have

Lived and played with my brother

How I wished that I could have saved him

If wishing could bring him back

He'd be here with me today

But then, I remember...

It happened anyway

When I look at pictures

And imagine what he would be like

Now a dozen years old

I wish I could have saved him from agelessness

If crying could bring him back

He'd be here with me today

But then, I remember...

It happened anyway

When I think of why and how

He was with us and left us

I wished I could have prevented it

And stopped his death, and saved him from

Never needing breath for birthday candles...

...birthday candles

If wishing could bring him back

He'd be here with me today

But then, I remember...

It happened anyway