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      The end of her hardest day   The only words she could say were,   I want you to live,   I want you to love,   I want to go back to the way it was,   To hear you say my name again,   I want to see you smile again   I want you to live      It takes all of her strength   To go through his things   It feels like she's holding him again   The letters he wrote, books that he'd read   And some of his shirts still had his scent   The picture in Florida   She holds to her heart and cries out loud      I want you to live,   I want you to love,   I want to go back to the way it was,   To hear you say my name again,   I want to see your smile again,      Lying awake in the middle of the night   Trying not to let the kids hear her cry   She prays for an answer, some little of sign   And closes her eyes   And swears she hears him say,      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 want to see you smile again   And again,   I want you to live