SHE CAN HEAR H IS CAR

AS IT PULLS IN THE DRI VE

SHE CAN WHISPER A PRAYER

THANK GO D HE'S A LI VE

SHE CAN MEET HIM A T THE DOOR

CATCH HIM WHEN HE FALLS

SHE CAN EVE N BELIEVE

THAT I T I SN 'T HIS F AU LT

BUT SH E CAN 'T SAV E H IM

SHE CAN M AK E HIS COFFEE

IN THE COLD LIGH T OF DAY

SHE CAN MAKE HIS EXCUSES

TELL THE BOSS HE'LL B E LATE

SHE CAN WAVE AT THE NEIGHBORS

THEN KISS H IM GOOD BYE

AND NOT SAY A WORD

'BOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAS T N I GHT

BUT SH E CAN 'T SAV E H IM

SOMETIMES SHE DREAMS

THA T HE'S CAUGHT IN A STREAM

AND THE W ATE R KEEPS

PU LLIN ' HIM DO WN

SH E REACHES FO R H IM

AS H E PULLS HE R IN

SHE WAKES JUST

BEFO RE SH E D R O W NS

SHE CAN REMEMBER

THE MAN THAT H E WAS

AND STILL SHED A T EAR

FO R WHAT HE'S BECOME

SHE CAN LIVE IN THAT HOUSE

UN TIL THE DAY

SHE SEES THAT IT'S ON LY

HE R SE LF SH E CAN S A VE

'CAUSE SH E CAN 'T SAVE H IM

AND THAT DAY SHE'LL KNOW

SH E HASN 'T F A IL ED