Aaliyah Dana Haughton's life seemed like a fairy tale: She was beautiful, talented and was building a successful career in music and film.

So fans found it fitting that Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash, received a fairy-tale send-off: Her coffin was carried through the streets in a glass-panelled carriage drawn by two cream-coloured horses.

After the funeral, 22 white doves-one for each year of her life-were released into the sky.

"I think that's a very nice way to send her to heaven!" Aaliyah's funeral procession was held outside of St.Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan. Murray held a sign that read, YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MUSIC WILL ALWAYS LIVE IN OUR HEARTS.

Aaliyah and eight others were killed when a private plane carrying them crashed shortly after it left the Bahamas.

There were other music stars there such as: rapper Jay-Z, Missy (Misdemeanor) Elliott and Timbaland; boxer Mike Tyson; Sean (P.Diddy) Combs; Singers Usher and Mya; The Matrix producer Joel Silver; Hype Williams, who directed Aaliyah's last video; and actor Delroy Lindo, who played Aaliyah's father in her movie debut, Romeo Must Die.

During the hour-long service, fans outside sang some of Aaliyah's songs. At one point, a sports utility vehicle drove down the block blasting her current hit, "We Need A Resolution."

Fans outside had their own little concert: They serenaded her casket with the title track to her second album, One In A Million, singing, "Aaliyah, you're one in a million!"

May angels rest beside your door,
May you hear their voices sing.
May you feel their loving care for you,
May you hear their peace bells ring.
May angels always care for you,
And not let you trip and fall,
May they bear you up on angel's wings,
May they keep you standing tall.
May they whisper wisdom in your ear,
May they touch you when you need,
May they remove from you each trace of fear,
May they keep you from feeling greed.
May they fill you with their presence,
May they show you love untold,
May they always stand beside you,
And make you ever bold.
May they teach you what you need to know,
About life here and here-after.
May they fill you always with their love,
And give you the gift of laughter.

I wish I could go back
To my own little world,
Where I could always smile
And say I have my own little world.

There were no other people
There was never any pain,
A pain that rips your heart in two
Never lets you feel the same.

My world was sometimes lonely
Yet I could always smile,
For there was no one to put you down
So all I could do was smile.

My world was like a dream land
Where you live your life in dreams,
Then comes reality where you have no dreams
Everything is in reality where all you have is broken dreams.

HOW DO YOU SAY GOOD-BYE TO A FRIEND

How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who has done so very much for you,
How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who has always been there for you?

How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who has taught you so much?
How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who has a special touch?

How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who could always make you laugh?
How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who has shown you a special path?

How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who could wipe a tear away,
How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who became my friend in just one day?

How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who has a heart of gold,
How do you say good-bye to a friend
With such a friendship hold?

How do you say good-bye to a friend
Who has a warm and caring touch,
You don't say good-bye at all
You say "See you soon, we'll keep in touch."
SugarBear_992003@yahoo.ca

ALWAYS NEAR

Be my friend
Be my friend for life,
Be a guide
Be a price.

But a price
I call worth giving
Be a price
I call worth living.

Be there when I need you
I'll be there when you need me,
I'll be there for a tear
You be there without a fee.

You be there
I'll be here,
If your far
I'll always be near.