The Widow

Dead man, were you ever alive?

Or was I just a seed, buried deep inside

Some woman you wed

Right before you crawled out of her bed and

Crept down the hall?

Did you think of me?

Did you, even for a second, hesitate

In the doorway?

It's just something that I'd like to know

Though I'd still love you if you told me

That you just walked away

My God

What a world you love

Men bury their sons

And without thought

They just walk away

And my mother's heart

Breaks like the water inside of her

And my mother's heart

Breaks like the water inside of her

Dead man, is it bein' high that

Makes you alive?

It makes you leave behind

Three boys and a wife in '89

And as the track marks inch their way up your arm, my

Mother taught my brothers and I

Not to call you Daddy

But to call you Father

But I believe there is something here to be learned of grace

'Cause I can't help but love you

No, I can't help but love you even with

A heart that breaks

Like the promises that you made

Like the promises that you made

The promises that you made

'Cause I can't help but love you

My God, what a world you love