It was meant to be that it was you I'd see
Me off my plane you off yours
In the motherland, TLV airport
laughing and smiling, we hugged, shook hands.
We were so excited you were coming to most special day
It was a week away, you couldn't wait
After a quick catch up, we hugged, and said goodbye
never in my mind did I think it would be the last time
only a day later I got the call, something had happened, you had a fall
just before the highest day of the year, when I heard
it seemed like judgement day and purpose was served.
We waited to hear the outcome if you'd get better,
but the verdict was in and we would never forget ya.
We got word that you moved on, moved to the next world.
Im not sure you knew what you achieved in this one
they say music is the conduit between the 2
So I'm hoping this song, its words and the music reaches you

CHORUS:
You were a leader
You were a star
You touched so many hearts
You reached out to people all over the world

You were a friend
You're a believer
You were always there when anyone needed ya
We see how one man can change the world

Your smile was infectious, who knew that you just being you
would open doors that would let us, be us, no matter how anyone treated us
It was guys like you who believed in us, you could see in us,
that we would succeed and there was no one who'd be beating us
That we each have a unique mission to take our tradition
give it our own flavor, our own style, it was ok to be different
You were, you always made people feel good, cool with who they are,
wherever they are from, changed peoples lives around the world,
selfless and giving, fair and forgiving,
Yeah, I heard all the great stories from others,
to me you just were a cool brother, with your sweatbands
who showed me the way how to love one another
you showed me it was true that a jew could do what I do
your legacy to me is for me to just be me

Chorus

When you were laid to rest, thousands came together
to pay their respects, to a man that made them better
the countless, whose lives you touched
when you were alive you had no idea how much
While I carried you to your eternal resting place, tears falling down my face
I looked around and saw that one man could bring all the people together
under one roof, where we all could see one truth
and recognize the deeds of a man, who fulfilled his plan
My heart was torn cuz you couldn't dance with me on my wedding day
meet my bride or taste the buffet, rock the mic and just entertain
like we used to do back in the day.
We wore white sweatbands in your memory, visions of you in my head with clarity
I felt your presence under the holy canopy, and I knew you were smiling down on me
My bride and I took each others hand We overlooked the majesty of the holy land
I thought about you and the things I've learned and wondered how
I could be another man who changes the world.