C      G   
She said that time is unfair to a woman her age  
                        C        G   
And now that wisdom has come everything else fades  
F                   C                      C    G    C
   G   
She said she realizes she's seen her better days  
                        C       G   
She said she can't look back to her days of youth  
                        C       G   
What she thought were lies, she later found was truth 

F                      C                        C   G 
  C    G   
She said her daddy had dreams but he drank them away 

F                 C                            C   G  
 C    G   
And her mother's to blame for the way she is today  
  
  
G                 C  
Life's river shall rise,           (she said)  
And only the strong shall survive, (she said)  
But I'm feeling quite weak,        (she said)  
Will you comfort and forgive me,   (she said)  
  
She said she's still searching for salvation's light 

Yet she wishes all day and she prays all night  
  
  
She said she won't speak of love cause love she's
never known  
She said it's moments like these she hates to be alone