Your Time Now

The alarm went quiet this morning And nobody needed you first Forty years of lunches packed by lamplight Keys and coats and somebody's lost left shoe You learned the bus times better than the drivers And nobody ever asked what you were running to The calendar's gone blank, Mama And blank looks good on you It's your time now — sleep past the sunrise Your time now — book the window seat Dust off the paints you shelved when we were little Mama, the days are finally yours to keep It's your time now There's a kettle you can hear come to a whistle Not drowned out by a hallway full of noise Seeds still in the packet by the back door A garden waiting on the woman we enjoyed You taught us how to fly, Mama Now watch us watching you It's your time now — sleep past the sunrise Your time now — book the window seat Dust off the paints you shelved when we were little Mama, the days are finally yours to keep It's your time now We found your old list from '89 "Someday: Paris, piano, learn to swim" Someday just showed up at your front door, Mama Go on and let it in It's your time now — sleep past the sunrise Your time now — book the window seat Dust off the paints you shelved when we were little Mama, the days are finally yours to keep It's your time now The kettle's singing, the morning's slow It's your time now — go