Rosa - Greg Allen [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

She said she felt an aching
And went to lay down and died in her room, alone
He said he tried to wake her
Oh, he tried, but she didn't move
And he was in the T.V. room
And maybe on that day he loved her more than his own life
And maybe on that day he wished it was he who could have died
Maybe on that day he felt his body disappear into the space
Next to her alone on the bed

Greg grew up under his dad's hand
Pushing tractors, pushing snuff into his face out in the field
But the doctors said his gut just wasn't fixable right now
And anyway, a country man can't pay them city bills
Well, my uncle and aunt, they put him up in a hospital room
And I remember they spent every night there in that hospital room
One day he said "Daddy, I see God, but I just ain't ready to go
But Grampa's at my shoulder, and he swears I ain't alone."

Well on that day, I saw my uncle cry for his dead son
We were all left alone, without a flag and gun salute
And I held my sister's hand as we sat silent in the pew
Oh Katie, Katie, Katie you spoke beautifully that day
And I'm sure you know that firm handshake
Meant more than he could ever ever say