"Blue As Water" lyrics

Four months in and five months due
I could already see you
We had heard your heart beat several times
Faster than a bullet train
Working on a list of names
Pencil line dividing pink and blue
When your mama called me crying with the news

Now I'm flying down a two-lane road
Faster than the limit goes
Trying hard to see through tears like glass
Blurry lines and balled up fists
Desperate cry, Lord not like this
I hope to God it ain't, but I know it's true
It's a good life till it's not and then it's cruel

Oh, I didn't sleep for weeks
Darkness cut me at the knees
Blue as water frozen over
They say time's supposed to fix it, but they're wrong
When a life's so short, the dying's never done
When a life's so short, the dying's never done

People try and they mean well
But they still put us through hell
Every time they ask when you are due
It's so awful, it's so sad
Be thankful for the time you had
It happens all the time, you'll be alright
But I'm still not and Lord, it keeps me up at night

Oh, I didn't sleep for weeks
Darkness cut me at the knees
Blue as water frozen over
They say time's supposed to fix it, but they're wrong
When a life's so short, the dying's never done

Six years later, I still cry
It's still raw, and I still die
A little, every time I ride on through
What would you do what would you say
If you saw me acting this way
Would you tell me to cheer up and move on too
It's so hard to smile when I think of you

But, I didn't sleep for weeks
Darkness cut me at the knees
Blue as water frozen over
They say time's supposed to fix it, but they're wrong
When a life's so short, the dying's never done
When a life's so short, the dying's never done
Never done