She sits down on the sofa Opens up an old photo album filled with pictures and post cards. Sent from fred in world war 2- The tears rush down her head with no where to run to. Her grandson tugs her arm and asks her Grandma what’s wrong what happened to grandpa- The thump in her throat still wont move and the river between her eyes starts to flow faster 15 when they met in a small town-on the outskirts of a city that was worn down she recalls climbing up that hill to catch a glimpse of the world from an outside perspective
fred always said that he would love to teach her how to fly, but he was scared to death of what her dad would do if she died-so he held her and never let go and they fell deep in love with each other
CHORUS:
LIFE IS BUT A MIRACLE ALL YOU KNOW IF FADING SLOW YOU NEVER KNOW JUST WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL ITS GONE OVER THE RAINBOW HE’LL GET BETTER YES HE WILL HE’LL GET BETTER IF HE’S LOVED- SHE REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME HE FORGOT WHO SHE WAS
VERSE 2.
10 hours a day at the nursing home fred laid in bed—stayed fed through tubes while she would read him poems he always told her courage is to face your fears—even though he hadn’t recognized her aging face for years- She didn’t give in though—she knew that even though—he had a hole in his brain—it wasn’t safe for him to stay alone—So every day she noticed all the roses in the vase withering away and hoped and prayed that they would maybe grow
CHORUS
LIFE IS BUT A MIRACLE ALL YOU KNOW IF FADING SLOW YOU NEVER KNOW JUST WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL ITS GONE OVER THE RAINBOW HE’LL GET BETTER YES HE WILL HE’LL GET BETTER IF HE’S LOVED- SHE REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME HE FORGOT WHO SHE WAS
VERSE 3.
And as her grandson looked up at her—she couldn’t help to ignore her daughter and son in law in the other room arguing about—something that didn’t matter— She told em not to move and picked up her husbands glasses—try them on she said…...
She said Why? because Id like to share with you how your father liked to look at life her—Daughter stubborn and sad held the glasses in her hand—so she sat them all down on the couch and this is what she said.
Your father prolly would of liked for me to tell you that the night that you were born was the night that he put down the bottle and if you ever get in a fight with someone you love—know that if they died before apology you wouldn’ live to see tommorow— Never know whats gonna come—so when it goes it goes its hard to cope Never run from what you know controls emotional reactions—when you take your anger out on someone else—it’s only an escape from looking inside of yourself and taking them for granted.
CHORUS
LIFE IS BUT A MIRACLE ALL YOU KNOW IF FADING SLOW YOU NEVER KNOW JUST WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL ITS GONE OVER THE RAINBOW HE’LL GET BETTER YES HE WILL HE’LL GET BETTER IF HE’S LOVED- SHE REMEMBERS THE FIRST TIME HE FORGOT WHO SHE WAS