This lyric is: #325

THE WILLOW
Kent Douglas/Dan Schibler/Nicole Witt
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VERSE
She stares at a photograph, a picture of him
Tryin' to bring it to life
It was taken in summer, beneath a willow tree
On the day they became man and wife
But now there's frost on the window
And that willow tree's buried in white
She wonders how it bears the weight of the storm
And how she'll make it through one more night

CHORUS
But the willow bears the weight
With a strength she just can't find
And who could bear her fate
Love taken from her, ahead of its time
But they tell her that time heals all
And someday the pain will be gone
The willow bears the weight of the storm
But she's barely hangin' on

VERSE
So she clings to his pillow, and remembers the years
And thinks about what should have been
Oh she's so cold inside that it's frozen her tears
And she thinks about just givin' in
Then she looks at the face of their child as he sleeps
A boy who looks just like the man
And she knows he needs her to be like that willow
So against the storm she'll stand

CHORUS
Oh, the willow bears the weight
And somehow she will find
The strength to bear her fate
Love taken from her, ahead of its time
And maybe time does heal all
And someday the pain will be gone
The willow bears the weight of the storm
And somehow she'll carry on
She will carry on



[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-02-2002).]