It wasn't all too long ago <br />In southern Tennessee <br />That a young man had a girl he loved <br />And her name was Amber Marie. <br /> <br />This beauty she lived in North Carolina <br />And was deeply loved by he. <br />He was alone and she was alone <br />In the lonely old country. <br /> <br />But he loved with a love that was purest love. <br />He loved his Amber Marie. <br />It was love that made all other love seem <br />Like shallow fantasy. <br /> <br />This was the young man's joy <br />In southern Tennessee <br />But a cancer came upon the girl, <br />His beautiful Amber Marie. <br /> <br />It left her weak and voiceless <br />And was eating away at he. <br />It kept her from his homeland <br />In southern Tennesee. <br /> <br />The angels (if there be a heaven) <br />Were distant as always would be <br />And that's just the reason (as you may know) <br />The young man was lonely. <br /> <br />The space then grew between the two. <br />Cancer was killing his Amber Marie. <br />Still his love was stronger than any love <br />Of the friends that spoke with he, <br /> <br />And many much older than he. <br />The angels in heaven and demons below <br />And friends that were close to he, <br />Could ever dissever his heart from the heart <br /> <br />Of his beautiful Amber Marie. <br />For the sun never shines without bringing to mind <br />The beautiful Amber Marie. <br />The lake never dries and wet too are his eyes <br /> <br />Cuz' he misses his Amber Marie. <br />So all the night long as his life goes all wrong <br />His baby, sweet baby, his joy and his song <br />Was left back there in Tennessee, <br />In the wonder of old Tennessee.<br /><br />TOM Altenhofen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/amber-marie-originally-from-a-poem-by-edgar-allan-poe/
