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Waiting Room

from Leaving Home by Laura K. Balke

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lyrics

I’ll never forget that phone call
My mother’s voice, melting in to tears
Usually so strong
She said “things aren’t looking good
The whole family’s flying in”
To say goodbye to the best
Father, grandpa and friend
I’d just started a new job
But I think they understood
You’re the only father of my mother that I’ve got
I packed a black skirt and dark gray sweater
All the while entertaining
Thoughts that you’ll get better

Hospital waiting room
We are waiting for you
But god covered your face
You’ve got things left to do
I have questions to ask you
I don’t hope but I pray

“I hate to see him like this”
Those words, they burned your daughter’s lips
But I saw your will to live
I know you’ve got plenty of reasons
And I know that getting to know me better
Was on that list
In a month from now
If you recover, I know
You’ll help me find that last
Plastic, coin-filled Easter egg
In your backyard in Kansas City
And you’ll say
“You’re the best, doll face”

Hospital waiting room
We are waiting for you
But god covered your face
You’ve got left to do
I have questions to ask you
I don’t hope but I pray

Hooked to a machine
After 77 years our love surrounds you
I kissed you on the cheek
Those tubes make you breath
After 77 years your lungs were tired
God put them to sleep

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from Leaving Home, released December 26, 2007
Guitar, voice, organ- Laura K. Balke

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I love winners when they cry, losers when they try, music when it's good, and life

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