Saving Grace

Lately Grace hasn't been herself

And he's noticed the change

Like forgetting friends they've known for years

And misplacing all her things

He'd make a joke and they'd both laugh

And blame it on old age

But it's not funny anymore

She can't remember her name

He believes way down deep she still knows who he is

Forty years of memories just can't disappear like this

The doctors say it's hopeless

Her past has been erased

So he'll spend the rest of his life saving Grace

Raised five kids on a farmers pay

Vietnam took his son

But watching Grace live like this

Is the hardest thing he's done

He sits there by her bed sometimes while she's fast asleep

Tells her all about herself

Strokes her hair and weeps

The woman that he's loved for years

Is trapped somewhere in the pain

Tonight he swears she smiled at him and almost spoke his name