Standard (EADGBE)

When she got the news the phone hit the floor

 She fell to her knees and cried his name

 He had just kissed her lips and both of the kids

 Their lives will never be the same

 At the end of her hardest day

The only words she could say were

Chorus

I want you to live, I want you to love

 I wanna go back to the way it was

 To hear you say my name again

 I wanna see your smile again

 I want you to live

Takes all her strength to go through his things

 It feels like she's holdin him again

 The letters he wrote, the books that he'd read

 And some of the shirts still have his scent

 The picture in Florida

She holds to her heart and cries out loud

Chorus

 I want you to live, I want you to love

 I wanna go back to the way it was

 To hear you say my name again

 I wanna see your smile again

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Lying awake in the middle of the night

Trying not to let the kids hear her cry

[G/f#]

She prays for answers or some little sign

She closes her eyes

 And swears she

Hears him say

Chorus

 I want you to live, I want you to love

 I want you to go on and not give up

 I want you to live, I want you to try

 I want you to know that I'm alright

 I want you to fall in love again

 I wanna see smile again and again

 I want you to live