Like Red On a Rose

Dedicated to Papa (1947-2004) All I can say right now is wow It has indeed been too long I never really listened to the radio Until I hear that one song. It takes me back so many years To when I was just three When we were riding in the truck together You sang to me like I was a baby. It takes me back to those years on the lake When I caught my first fish We took it home to Grandma for a surprise For that day, I longingly wish. It takes me back to my earliest memory of you and me watching T.V. Grandma Miriam was there as well So I must have been just a baby. It takes me back to when Grandma died And you married Jessica instead I began calling her Grandma as well And I brought her the fish that was dead. It takes me back to that summer When I fell off the golf cart You told me that seeing me cry Was truly breaking your heart. It takes me back to hearing you sing For the last time in 2005 It was Alan Jackson then, too Just a little before you died. It takes me back to that day When you weren't doing so well We went to see you in the hospital That visit made my heart swell. It takes me back to that day When I got off the bus Nana was there and she told me That you were no longer with us. It takes me back to just a week ago When I heard Alan Jackson's song And, for the first time in two whole years, I actually sang along. True, my tears were running Pretty rapidly But I knew that the crying would help 'Cause I could feel you singing along with me.