Tom: C C* G* She said that time is unfair to a woman her age C* G* And now that wisdom has come everything else fades --PRECHORUS----- F5 C C* G* C* G* She said she realizes she's seen her better days --VERSE 2-------- C* G* She said she can't look back to her days of youth C* G* What she thought were lies, she later found was truth --PRECHORUS----- F5 C C* G* C* G* She said her daddy had dreams but he drank them away F5 C C* G* C* G* And her mother's to blame for the way she is today --CHORUS--------- G5 C5 Life's river shall rise, (she said) And only the strong shall survive, (she said) But I'm feeling quite weak, (she said) Will you comfort and forgive me, (she said) --VERSE 3-------- She said she's still searching for salvation's light Yet she wishes all day and she prays all night --PRECHORUS----- She said she won't speak of love cause love she's never known She said it's moments like these she hates to be alone CHORUS VERSE (with no singing)