When she got the news The phone hit the floor She fell to her knees and cried his name He had just kissed her lips And both of the kids Their lives will never be the same At the end of her hardest day The only words she could say were
Chorus: I want you to live, I want you to love I wanna go back to the way it was To hear you say my name again I wanna see your smile again I want you to live
Takes all of her strength to go through his things It feels like she’s holdin’ him again The letters he wrote the books that he’d read and some of the shirts still have his scent The picture in Florida she holds to her heart and cries out loud
Chorus: I want you to live, I want you to love I wanna go back to the way it was To hear you say my name again I wanna see your smile again
Bridge Lying awake in the middle of the night Trying not to let the kids hear her cry She prays for answer or some little sign She closes her eyes and swears she hears him say
I want you to live, I want you to love I want you to go on and not give up I want you to live, I want you to try I want you to know that I’m alright I want you to fall in love again I wanna see you smile again and again I want you to live