Maria Daines ~ This Time Last Year

’This Time Last Year’ Pick up kids from school Rushing down grey avenues Seeing you still standing there Sunlight in your hair This time last year This time last year The streets were full And we could just be people Laughing, talking No thought of what would be, no fear This time last year And we heard the news In disbelief Saw the tears on Mumma’s cheeks What lies ahead, she said What will come between us, dear This time, this time last year Now there’s smoke and dust And a winter world in need of trust Oh if we could just be how we were Just breathing in the peaceful air We hold the light, don’t disappear This time last year And babes are born into despair A mother’s heart is built to care If only life could be so kind And everyone could cherish time We endure the frozen frontier This time last year And we heard the news In disbelief Saw the tears on Mumma’s c