How Is It Going To Be?

How is it going to be then
now that I am gone?
Should you stop all the clocks
as Auden said, is that how it's going to be?

When you open your eyes in the morning
and the sunlight is warm on your face
and all the birds are singing
should you cover
your ears and your face?
When the children are laughing and playing
and asking that you play too
should you smother you joy in sadness
should you sit in a darkened room?
My darling forget such madness!

I'll tell you how it should be.
Remember now how I loved you
and the spirit of love never dies.
My love will be there in the sunlight
and in the song of the birds
I'll be there in the childrens' laughter
I'll be there in your times of grief
I'll be cross if you sit in a darkened room
for my love will be with you forever
and that's how it's going to be!