Loved Me That Way

Sometimes I call you, I know I can't reach you To hear your voicemail, "Sorry I missed you" Wish I could go back, tell my old self that You don't have the time to not make time, it goes fast And I was livin' like you'd live forever And it took losin' you to learn to love better To be the daughter who comes home more often Who holds on to a goodbye hug a little longer To be the best friend, I promise to check in And the kind of sister my brother always needed Who takes time to call, even just to say hey 'Cause you loved me that way The first to show up, an hour early Front row in the bleachers to make sure you could see me You stood in the doorway for every goodbye I still see you wavin' underneath the porch light And you were livin' like you wouldn't live forever You knew the little things in life are what matter Like makin' those pancakes to sweeten my heartbreak Pullin' me out of school to go fishin' on Thumb Lake Had me sit beside you for Sunday service Every time I'd get antsy, you'd slip me a Werther's The first to forgive all my biggest mistakes Yeah, you loved me that way Yeah, you loved me that way I had the honor to be your granddaughter I could only hope to be half of the whole that you both were Can only hold you in a picture frame You held nothin' back, gave everything You loved me that way You loved me that way