Was it the aching of your wrists Or just because of your weathered eyes Was it the shaking your clenching fists Or the hollow pass of time Was it the aging of her hips Or the way that my mother always cried Was it the taste of another's lips For which you put down your fight Had you forgotten her long white dress How pretty she looked coming down the isle You asked her to love you and she said yes And she loved you like a child Had you forgotten those long hard days Coming home to your lover every night She'd wait for you to step off of that train She's been waiting all her life Love is getting your hands dirty Love is bleeding all over each other Love is sharing the same burden Love's not living, it's dying, it's dying together It's dying together I feel the weight of her broken prayer 23 years pleading for your life 23 years begging you to care For your tired and lonely life