I Want You To Live

When she got the news
The phone hit the floor
She fell to her knees,
And cried his name.
He just kissed her lips,
and both of her kids
Their lives will never be the same
The end of her hardest day
The only words she could say were,
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.
It takes all of her strenght
To go through his things
It feels like she's holding him again
The letters he wrote,
he books that he'd read
And some of his shirts still had his scent
The picture in Florida,
She holds to her heart and cries out loud
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,
Lying awake in the middle of the night,
Trying not to let the kids hear her cry
She prays for an answer, some little sign
And 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 want to see you smile again
And again,
I want you to live