The story behind this song
The kitchen runs wrong without her. The Sunday recipe came out close-but-not-quite, the radio plays to an emptier room, and her chair sits at the head of the table where it's always been. She's in a hospital bed across town with the grandkids' drawings taped beside her, the nurses already knowing her coffee is two creams. The lilac by the window is holding its bloom.
For the mom the whole household is waiting on — take all the time your body needs, the porch light's on, and home isn't home without you.
Lyrics
The kitchen's too quiet, Mama
Nobody hums like you
Nobody hums like you
We tried your Sunday recipe, it came out close but wrong
Your chair sits at the table's head where it's been all along
We're learning what you carried by the weight of it on us
Rest easy in that hospital bed — and let us make the fuss
Your chair sits at the table's head where it's been all along
We're learning what you carried by the weight of it on us
Rest easy in that hospital bed — and let us make the fuss
You spent your whole life tending
Now it's our turn
Now it's our turn
Get strong, come home — there's flowers on your table
The porch light's on, your garden's holding through
Take all the time your body needs, we're able
To wait right here — but home's not home without you
The porch light's on, your garden's holding through
Take all the time your body needs, we're able
To wait right here — but home's not home without you
We taped the grandkids' drawings up beside your hospital bed
The nurses know your coffee order, two creams, like you said
We hear your voice on speakerphone and pass it round the room
The lilac by the kitchen window's saving you its bloom
The nurses know your coffee order, two creams, like you said
We hear your voice on speakerphone and pass it round the room
The lilac by the kitchen window's saving you its bloom
The doctors say you're fighting
We never doubted that
We never doubted that
Get strong, come home — there's flowers on your table
The porch light's on, your garden's holding through
Take all the time your body needs, we're able
To wait right here — but home's not home without you
The porch light's on, your garden's holding through
Take all the time your body needs, we're able
To wait right here — but home's not home without you
First morning that you're back, we'll let you sleep in late
Then you'll catch us in your kitchen, getting everything half right
Then you'll catch us in your kitchen, getting everything half right
Get strong, come home — there's flowers on your table
The porch light's on, your garden's holding through
Take all the time your body needs, we're able
To wait right here — but home's not home without you
The porch light's on, your garden's holding through
Take all the time your body needs, we're able
To wait right here — but home's not home without you
Get strong, Mama, come on home
We kept your seat, we kept it warm
We kept your seat, we kept it warm
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