When You Stop

She'd had enough and finally made that confused man go Took two jobs while spiraling, let the oldest run the show Sold the house one day, piled 'em all in a van, hit the road Out of money, three kids to raise, found a mountain home Where she could ride horses, have dogs, and she knew where she stood And the kids would be safer here in this nowhere neighborhood They might be fighting for the heat with the propane running dry They might be walking to the bus stop with snowflakes falling from the sky There might be dishes in the sink for days there might be tears in the eyes There might be times when you stop to blink and it all just passes by You won't find perfect in the rooms or perfect out in the yard But the garden continues to grow even though the gardening's hard We ride the horses, feed the dogs, and rely on our friends She might not be living the dream she had but sometimes she still pretends That they ain't livin on nothing, believing they have everything That they've got enough love to deal with every scary thing Where there's no fighting for the heat with the propane running dry And there's no walking to the bus stop with snowflakes falling from the sky She's wishing for no dishes in the sink for days and no tears to cry But sometimes when you stop to blink it all just passes by And you never know when you'll say hello and when you'll say goodbye They say nothing lasts forever but we live and we gotta try They might be fighting for the heat with the propane running dry They might be walking to the bus stop with snowflakes falling from the sky There might be dishes in the sink for days there might be tears in the eyes There might be times when you stop to blink and it all just passes by --- Lyrics written by SED NO1