I should have listened to you
you asked me to get
a real
rest
and change

you went away
to visit our daughter
while I stayed home
and kept house

and saw the patients
and made them say “aah”

and so I was alone
and you were sick

I should have listened to you
I could have seen it
I would have been able to save you

and you were visiting our daughter
and you were dying
and I was at home
keeping house

and George and Emily
were at their house
and you were visiting our daughter
and you sold the highboy
and you wanted me
to have a real rest and
change

but I stayed at home
and you were visiting our daughter

I’ll keep the house nice
and keep the garden nice
and I’ll step outside
in the terrible moonlight
and I’ll smell the heliotrope
and it will remind me of you

you never got to see paris
you sold the highboy
and George bought a farm

you sold the highboy
and I stayed home
and you were visiting our daughter
and the legacy
you left
was inside of me