**SANDRA** *— Sisterhood Song* **Verse 1** Sandra, girl, look how far we’ve come, From crazy nights and being young, Bad decisions, laughing till daylight, Getting all dressed up just to own the night. Boyfriends came and boyfriends went, Hearts got broken, money got spent, Movie nights curled up on the floor, And somehow we always came back for more. You watched myka when I had to work, You knew every blessing, every hurt, You helped me pack when I had to run, Sacramento fading in the rearview sun. **Pre-Chorus** We’ve lost each other here and there, Not from anger, not because we didn’t care. Life just pulled us different ways, But real love doesn’t count the days. **Chorus** Sandra, this is sisterhood, The kind you don’t explain—you just know it’s good. Through the ugly, through the beautiful, Through every damn thing we’ve been through. And if you’re lost inside that cloud tonight, I’ll keep reminding you there’s still a light. You don’t have to have it figured out, You don’t have to hide what hurts right now. Sandra, hear me when I say— I am not walking away. As long as I’m breathing, you’ve got me, And I’ll be your friend till they bury me. **Verse 2** I watched you lose your mama and break, And there are some kinds of pain time doesn’t take. Then your daddy, then your brother too, God, that’s too much for one heart to live through. And I know sometimes the bottle gets there first, Before anybody can reach the hurt. I know sometimes you show up gone, Trying to quiet everything that’s been screaming too long. But Sandra, I still see **you** in there, The girl I’ve loved for all these years. Not the alcohol, not the grief, Not every thing you’ve used just to find relief. **Chorus** Sandra, this is sisterhood, Not only loving you when life looks good. It means I’m standing here when you’re falling apart, And reminding you who you are. I cannot erase what you’ve been through, I can’t bring back the ones you knew. But I can sit beside you in the dark, Until you remember your own damn spark. Sandra, hear me when I say— I am not walking away. As long as I’m breathing, you’ve got me, And I’ll be your friend till they bury me. **Bridge** We were wild once. Hell, maybe we were lost too. We partied hard, crossed some lines, Did things we probably shouldn’t admit we knew. But we’re not those girls anymore. And surviving doesn’t mean we have to keep Destroying ourselves over people we miss Or memories that still steal our sleep. So take my hand, Sandra. You don’t have to run. You don’t have to numb yourself To prove what the pain has done. Your story did not end When theirs did. And you are still allowed To fucking live. **Breakdown** Come to me sober. Come to me crying. Come to me angry. Come to me trying. Come with no makeup, No story, no disguise. I’ve known you too damn long For you to hide behind your eyes. I don’t need perfect. I just need **Sandra here.** The one underneath the heartbreak, The bottles and the years. **Final Chorus** Sandra, this is sisterhood, Thirty-some years saying we still could Lose our way and find it again, Because that’s what happens with real friends. We’ve been girls, we’ve been women, We’ve been broken, we’ve begun again. We’ve disappeared and found our way back, And somehow love survived all that. So when that darkness says you’re alone, When grief makes anywhere feel like home, Remember there’s somebody on this earth Who knows your scars and still knows your worth. Sandra, hear me one last time— Your pain does not get the rest of your life. And whatever road you choose to take, I’ll love you while you find your way. No judgment. No pretending. No giving up because things got hard. You are my history, You are my sister, You are permanently written on my heart. **Outro** We stuck together like glue, Even when life pulled us apart. And when my final day comes someday, You’ll still have a piece of my heart. Sandra… Until my last breath, You’ve got a friend in me. And that’s not a promise for tonight— That’s for eternity.
