Terri Hendrix - Earth-Kind Rose lyrics

Her bones bring down her body Her smile holds up her face She's in a chair They forget she's there Just thinking about the human race When they come to visit They talk like she's not home She keeps track of time by TV shows She's in need But she needs to be left alone It's the 98 steps To the doctor And the wait they have inside It's how they seem to Talk at her And how she leaves each visit With a little less pride It's the words that don't come out Quite the way they should It's the holding onto memories She'd hold onto if she could Beyond the garden gate You'll find the Earth-Kind rose Reaching for the light Underneath a bed of snow Springtime is near What he planted still grows Blooms year after year Just like the Earth-Kind rose It's the ceiling fan out of balance It's the ladder he can't climb It's the grocery store And the need for more And ending up At the back of the line It's the pipe that broke In the last big freeze And that plumber That padded the bill It's the too tired to fight Yet one more fight Or take yet one more pill Beyond the garden gate You'll find the Earth-Kind rose Reaching for the light Underneath a bed of snow Springtime is near What he planted still grows Blooms year after year Just like the Earth-Kind rose It's time for him to go back inside It's time to change her sheets He's gonna look her in the eyes And see who she used to be Sometimes he turns the engine When the wind begs him to leave Then he lays down by her side Until she falls asleep Beyond the garden gate You'll find the Earth-Kind rose Reaching for the light Underneath a bed of snow Springtime is near What he planted still grows Blooms year after year Just like the Earth-Kind rose