When the phone rang twice I know What awaits on the other line My mother answered and I saw life Left her eyes In her room I followed her She was quiet for a while Then everything went deafening She wailed She wailed In your deathbed, a reunion happened We watched take your last breath Although we don't want to let go You've already been strong for so long By your grave we all gathered Tears are in the back of our eyes We tried to hold them back Your wife refused to speak In front of everyone-- Your friends, your family-- She wailed She wailed