Get Strong, Come Home

The kitchen's too quiet, Mama 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 You spent your whole life tending 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 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 doctors say you're fighting 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 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 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 Get strong, Mama, come on home We kept your seat, we kept it warm