Catch 22 As The Footsteps Die Out Lyrics

As The Footsteps Die Out Lyrics

She was diagnosed on a Friday 
The kids were almost home
The kids were on
their way back home from school
Lying face down in the gutter 
Of
unaccomplished dreams and broken memories of things to come
"Sorry
ma'am, I really am.
I had to break the news 
I had to make the phone call
to tell you that you're due
You know where 
I'll tell you when
and I
suggest you start living these next three weeks 
the best way that you
can."

Every night for three long weeks, 
she'd roam the hallways
half asleep 
and as the footsteps fade away in my mind, 
I could swear, I
could swear, I heard her say: 
Don't wait for me, 
I've got a lot to do

I've got a lot to be 
and in the end maybe I'll see you there.


Lost her strength on a saturday. 
Spent the day in bed. 
Yeah,
I'm fine, it's just the flu she said with a smile
but when they turned their
backs
the tears would flow 
She knew she only had a while 
to live

to breathe 
to be 
to see 
to bleed 
to stand on her own two
weakened feet
"and so I pray everyday: 
don't take my mother
away" 

Every night for three long weeks, 
she'd roam the
hallways half asleep 
and as the footsteps fade away in my mind, 
I could
swear, I could swear, I heard her say: 
Don't wait for me, 
I've got a lot
to do 
I've got a lot to be 
and in the end maybe I'll see you there.


and in the end maybe i'll see you there. 
You know i'll see you
there and in the end i'll see you there.