(Verse 1)
I close my eyes
and think back to simpler times
you were one of the 1st people to hold me when I came into this Hell called earth
I have a picture of u holdin' me in ya arms at the hospital shortly after my mom gave birth
you weren't my aunt but I called u my aunti
now all I have left are memories that haunt me
When I was a little girl and we lived in Chicopee Center on Dewhite Street
every night u'd tuck me in tightly
U would give me a doller for allounce everyday for putting the shoes in the box
I know a doller isn't much but for a 5 year old it's alot
you would take me to the park and push me on the swing u'd catch me when I went down the slide
When I fell down and got hurt u'd kiss my "bobo" and wipe the tears from my eyes
Sometime's I wish I was the one who died
(Course)
I guess I'll meet u when I get there
I don't know how long that will be
for now I'll just cry my next tear
and hope I see u in my dreams
I guess I'll meet u when I get there
I don't know how long that will be
for now I'll just cry my next tear
and hope I see u in my dreams
(Verse 2)
After we had moved from Chicopee Center to Percy Street in Aldenville
U stoped living with us u moved to South Carolina and while u were down there u had fallen ill
When u got better u moved back to Chicopee and lived with us again
I was so happy to have u back u were my best friend
U didn't live with us long u moved into ur sister's house with ur 2 daughters
My mom begged u not to she knew DSS would take ur kids away so didn't my father
and when it happed all my mom could say was "It's just another lesson life taught her"
U moved back to Carolina and I wish u never did
U had fallen sick again only this time there was no "Don't cry Aunti Mary's gettin' better kid"
u wrote me a couple letters and sent me a Teddy Bear
I still have it I kept it as a reminder that when I need u ur already there
In my memories of the past
some how the memories always bring u back
(Course)
I guess I'll meet u when I get there
I don't know how long that will be
for now I'll just cry my next tear
and hope I see u in my dreams
I guess I'll meet u when I get there
I don't know how long that will be
for now I'll just cry my next tear
and hope I see u in my dreams
(Verse 3)
Losein' u was like losein' a mother
It's one of the most painful wounds to discover
I'll never forget seeing ur daughter Heidi at ur funerul wit that sad look in her eyes as the tears strolled down her cheek
She could barely talk when she steped up to the podium to speak
And my mom who had grown up wit u felt a true hurt
She could barely get out of her seat let alone get on a podium to say a few words
ur youngest daughter Falicia didn't even know u had died she was livin' wit a foster family down south
She cried when she found out
She knew about u but she didn't remember u it was so sad
She was only a year old when she got taking away she wanted to meet u so bad
I was sixteen years old when u passed away
after the funerul when I was lieing in bed that night I thought back to the past and prayed
(Course)
I guess I'll meet u when I get there
I don't know how long that will be
for now I'll just cry my next tear
and hope I see u in my dreams
I guess I'll meet u when I get there
I don't know how long that will be
for now I'll just cry my next tear
and hope I see u in my dreams