Last Goodbye

We'd just finished our dinner and
 I'd gone in the den and turned on the TV
 When she walked in and kissed me on the cheek, like a million times before
 And she said "Honey, I know it's late
 But if you don't mind, my shopping's gotten a little behind
 So, I think I'll drive down town to the grocery store"
 Well, I didn't look up
 Just nodded "OK", and asked her to hand me an ashtray
 And when she did, I reached over and squeezed her hand
 And then she left
 And I shuddered a minute at the thought of my world, without her in it
 And I reassuringly sought the touch of my wedding band
 Well, I must've been dozing 'cause I didn't hear the door
 And I thought, "now, that's strange; I've never done that before"
 But I looked up, and she was standing by my chair
 "Kinda snucked in on me", I said
 And she smiled and nodded her head
 And I told her that she looked just like an angel, standing there
 For a long moment, she didn't say a thing
 And then she caressed her gold wedding ring
 And I thought I saw a tear drop in her eye
 "Honey, you'll never know how much I love you", she said
 And I thought of the many years that we had been wed
 As I told her that no one could be as happy as I
 And then the strangest feeling filled the room
 Not one of happiness but one of gloom
 And for the first time in my life
 I saw sadness in her face
 I reached out to touch her, and she drew away
 And she told me again
 That ours was a love that time could never erase
 And then I thought I heard a thousand voices singing
 But I realized it was the telephone ringing
 And that's when I saw the halo surround her pretty, golden hair
 I turned, trembling, to the receiver and heard a cold voice say that
 There had been a wreck out on the highway
 And I knew that, when I looked back
 She wouldn't be there, because
 It was an angel's way of saying our last goodbye