[Verse 1] I see you struggle to get through the day One foot in front of the other the only way You try to look forward but with little hope You hold it together and try to cope You notice the small things you never saw When life was to busy, all the time before Things you said only old people do Now take up the day in front of you [Verse 2] Your life has been fought on so many fields Bad love, bad health, hard times so real Fight after fight I've watched you live through Every year taking more of you You battled the bullies through your youth And was nearly broken by loves abuse You saved your children from dark despair Gathered the strength and walked out of there [Chorus] Up and down through dark and night Year after year fight after fight When you thought its all behind and done Another battle you lived and won Along came the next dark night of the soul Through every one you paid a toll The battlefields keep a piece of you But you have always pulled on through [Verse 3] And now I watch your vacant eyes Your withered body I don't recognise Your mind that could learn anything new Now drifts away when I speak to you You'd cry for others and feel their pain And help their sun shine through a gain While the rest of your life was falling apart You always had the biggest heart [Verse 4] You would never complain or compare your grief While your life was stolen by an unseen thief You never let on the weight that you wore You kept it locked behind a bolted door But I saw the toll, the price you paid I know all the sacrifices made And now you've nothing more to give Circumstances stole the life you lived [ Chorus] Up and down through dark and night Year after year fight after fight When you thought its all behind and done Another battle you lived and won Along came the next dark night of the soul Through every one you paid a toll The battlefields keep a piece of you But you have always pulled on through [Outro] I can see you're losing the fight Fading away into the night I'm still here I haven't let go I love you more than you'll ever know You have always been the heart of me Just hold on....my darling Lee
