Rare Kind of Beauty

I come to see you every week

You look just like a dream

The kind that carries you to sleep

And holds you peacefully

Old photographs and magazines

Baby gowns you sewed for me

And you, sitting next to him

Just like it’s always been

You’re a rare kind of beauty

A rose in the snow

Everything that I remember

And all I’ll ever need to know

Cause we’re all visitors passing through

Trying to live and love,

The best we can do

And time will come for me one day too

But when I think of living gracefully,

I’ll think of you

You watched me marry the man of my dreams

And I see you in my sons

You’re the strongest woman I’ve ever seen

And I know where my mother gets it from

You’re a rare kind of beauty

A rose in the snow

Whose petals don’t fall

But continue to grow

I carry you with me

Wherever I go

When the dark comes to get me

I know I’m not alone

Cause we’re all visitors passing through

Trying to live and love

The best we can do

And time will come for me one day too

But when I think of living gracefully,

When I think of living gracefully

I’ll think of you