Lyrics

I have to wake her up ‘cause she don’t wake up on her own
She asks about Aunt Mary who died ten years ago
And did you hear that they shot JFK? the funeral’s on TV today
The past and the present are all the same

CHORUS:
She don’t know who I am most of the time
I fight back tears, ‘cause she lost in years that I don’t recognize
Then the light comes on and I’m her child and I feel myself surrender
To the moment I’ve been waiting for, those minutes she remembers

She looks like my mama and her voice still sounds the same
I know she’d say, “I love you” if she only knew my name
A stranger in her own house that she lived in all her life
She resides in her own world now I only wish it was still mine

CHORUS:
She don’t know who I am most of the time
I fight back tears, ‘cause she lost in years that I don’t recognize
Then the light comes on and I’m her child and I feel myself surrender
To the moment I’ve been waiting for, those minutes she remembers

BRIDGE:
Every day on this earth is really a gift
But those minutes she remembers are truly heaven sent


CHORUS:
She don’t know who I am most of the time
I fight back tears, ‘cause she lost in years that I don’t recognize
Then the light comes on and I’m her child and I feel myself surrender
To the moment I’ve been waiting for, those minutes she remembers

I tell her, “Mom, I love you”…. in the minutes she remembers