When she got the news
The phone hit the floor
She fell to her "knees"
and cried his name
He just kissed her lips
Both of the kids, their lives will never be the same
The end of her hardest day
The only word she could say was

I want you to live
I want you to love
I wanna go back to the way it was
To you 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 shes holding him again
The letters he wrote
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

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
Shes prays for an answer
some little sign
"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 all right
I want you to fall in love again
I want to see your smile again
and again
I want you to live