Salvador

I was seventeen and you were twenty when this story starts

Almost forty years of tying up these two hearts

We took a ten-year break, but we found our way back home

Swore it'd be just me and you, we'd never walk alone

We might argue and bicker, but you'd always let me win

I thought we had forever to just be us again

You weren't a perfect man, Salvador, but you were mine

I thought we had a million days left on the line

Everybody loved your laugh, the joker of the crowd

If anybody needed help, they'd call your name out loud

"Just call Sal, he'll do it," that's the way you lived your life

And I was so proud to be the one you called your wife

Sundays meant football with your older brother

Taking me to breakfast, just enjoying one another

For the kids and the grandkids, your parents and the rest

You always showed up for us, gave this family your best

Then the sickness crept in, and the shadows grew long

I thought I had more time to keep you safe and strong

You weren't a perfect man, Salvador, but you were mine

I thought we had a million days left on the line

Everybody loved your laugh, the joker of the crowd

If anybody needed help, they'd call your name out loud

"Just call Sal, he'll do it," that's the way you lived your life

And I was so proud to be the one you called your wife

Your mom, your brothers, and the cousins all came through

Your aunt, the nieces, nephews, they were breaking for you too

I loved seeing them surround you, but now they've had to go

Back into their own lives, while my days move so slow

You were holding on so tight, I wish I told you not to leave

Just me and you for that last breath, my whole body breaks to grieve

I'm breathing through the heavy pain, waiting for you at the door

Knowing you're not coming back to hold me anymore

You weren't a perfect man, Salvador, but you were mine

I thought we had a million days left on the line

Everybody loved your laugh, the joker of the crowd

If anybody needed help, they'd call your name out loud

"Just call Sal, he'll do it," until heaven called your name

I'll never forget that last breath, but my love will stay the same