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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bonnie Raitt
Vocals
Glenn Patscha
Hammond Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bonnie Raitt
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bonnie Raitt
Producer
Kim Rosen
Mastering Engineer
Ryan Freeland
Mixing Engineer
Derek Williams
Assistant Recording Engineer
Matt Reagan
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
Had the flu in the prison infirmary
My last day I looked up and saw
A man wheeled round the corner
Down to skin and bones that's all
I asked the nurse where he was goin'
She said 'hospice down the hall
He prob'ly won't be in there long
Any day we'll get the call'
I asked if they let family in
She said 'not really at the end
Truth is, a lot don't have someone
No friends or next of kin'
The thought of those guys goin' out alone
It hit me somewhere deep
I asked could I go sit with 'em
For some comfort and relief?
Next thing you know, I'm on the ward
Doin' things you can't believe
Like shavin' Julio's bony head
Crackin' him up when I wash his feet
I used to run when I saw Tyrone
Knowin' your place's what it's all about
Now he's here doubled up in pain
Cancer eatin' him from the inside out
I sit and wait outside his stall
To help him when he's done
Whatever shame we might have felt
Well, all that's come undone
I can't undo the wrong I did
Give back the life I took
But maybe when it comes my turn
I'll get a second look
I don't know 'bout religion
I only know what I see
And in the end when I hold their hand
It's both of us set free
Writer(s): Bonnie Raitt
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