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She Outlived Them All
Copyright © 2011 Kelli Caldwell
Annie in her Oldsmobile
Tries keepingbusy
Shopping for a Christmas card or two
She’s lived a real life
Stayed true as a lover and a wife
And mother to enough to fill a table
She’s proud as she can be
For good reason, it’s plain to see
But her picture wall is all that she has left
Chorus:
She outlived them all
It isn’t supposed to be this way
To watch your children fall
Wishing you could take their place
And each and every time
Another piece of you dies—dies
Oh it dies
(Her) Three sons were patriots
They served with honor
Followed in the footsteps of their dad
She held their letters tight
When each faithful one arrived
And never gave up praying they’d come home
She cried—— a thousand tears
In each of—— her broken years
When memories were keeping her alive
Chorus:
She outlived them all
It isn’t supposed to be this way
To watch your children fall
Wishing you could take their place
And each and every time
Another piece of you dies—dies
Oh it dies
Bridge:
Daughter and the little one
No one could believe it when they heard
So she had to ask herself
Am I meant to live in hell?
Was I born to greave
Or fight to find a reason
Chorus:
She outlived them all
It isn’t supposed to be this way
To watch your children fall
Wishing you could take their place
And each and every time
Another piece of you dies—dies
Oh it dies
Lyric notes: At a stoplight, behind a lady in her old beat up Oldsmobile...
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