Song Description

About my (now departed) grandma, whose life seemed to me, like this song. She is old and alone, and she only has memories of her departed husband, but maybe these bring him to life in some way.

Lyrics

On Her Own - Jeremy Wray 2006

She lives on her own, sits on her own
Watches the window and waits by the phone
The wrinkled lines round her eyes
Telling the stories of days gone by
A picture of life in another time

She lives on her own, sits all alone
Its been that way since her man went ?home?
She dreams of days by his side
Spending their nights in the fire?s light
Before he left for the great divide

Chorus

But softly a sound can be heard from the door
She wants to be certain she wants to be sure
The handle is turning they want to come in
Whoever it is they want to come in.......

But now her mind snaps back to life
It?s only the Homehelp dropping by
He says ?I worry you know, you are so old
I hope you?re keeping your mind in tow
You ought to let those memories go?

Chorus 2

But soon he is leaving, he is closing the door
And now she is certain and now she is sure
She waits for a while for the scene to begin
And slowly the handle is turning again
And in through the door walks the man that she needs
The ghost of the man of the man of the man of her dreams

Inst.

She lives on her own sits all alone
Watches the window and waits by the phone...