It was all I could do to stay calm,
I had woken up before the call had come,
After partying all of the night before, I woke suddenly,
At 5AM, I didn't know when I sat up and took the call.
The voice held firm at the other end,
Gently speaking of the things that were happening,
It set my mind racing as I steadied with my arm,
It was all i could do to stay calm.
I can not recall the number for the place
Nothing was open but I tried calling just the same
All of my logical thinking, well it was scrambled
Over and over, just trying to get a handle
I remember she was apathetic???? which account she could debit
I read out my credit card and I welled up,
It was all i could do to stay calm.
Hoooold me back, grieve me back, hoooold me back, oh-oh.
I left as the sun rose, by the beach-side,
Joggers looked at me, as they ran by,
I tried to hurry my tears
And wipe them away, but they re-appeared
I heard there was a bushfire back at home,
And the freeway to get there was closed,
I clenched my broken parts, tied them up on,
It was all i could do to stay calm.
I found a backroad, but it was closed,
So we turned round and drove back, and tried to joke,
Then the freeway opened up, we got on our way,
Shortly before the call came.
We had no words to make it ok,
We just hurried back to the bedside where she lay,
Goodbye I whispered, as I held her arm,
It was all I could do to stay calm.
Hoooold me back, grieve me back, hoooold me back, oh-oh.
And I wonder what kind of song I would play,
On the morning of a day like today
Gently lift me up show me the beauty
And I wonder what kind of song I would play,
On the morning of a day like today
Gently lift me up show me the beauty
And on the day my cousin chose a Tina Turner tune
To celebrate she felt and it strangely worked
And i let all the calmness out and the tears flowed free
It was a non-descript central coast church where i realised i'd held in the hurt,
So I let all the calmness out and the tears flowed free.