The Universe Cried For Jamie

Verse 1

Morning light in the kitchen

She braids their hair by the sink

Two bowls of milk and laughter

Before they're off to school

She holds the door a moment

Watches them down the lane

Tucked a note in each lunchbox

That says they're loved so much

Pre-Chorus

That night the phone kept ringing

Through the cold and the quiet haze

She knew the turn too well

The gravel by the interstate

Chorus

Oh the road took her home

Before she ever got there

Her hands still smelled like bread

Her heart still sang their names

Verse 2

She fixed the broken screen door

Painted their rooms bright blue

Every bruise she kissed away

Every fear she talked them through

People saw her beauty

Like a photograph they knew

But nobody saw the gentle

Way she carried them with her

Pre-Chorus

They found her by the shoulder

Where the weeds grow tall and grey

A tiny bluebird feather

Was still in her pocket

Chorus

Oh the road took her home

Before she ever got there

Her hands still smelled like bread

Her heart still sang their names

Bridge

Somewhere two rooms stay silent

Somewhere two notes go unread

She was somebody's universe

And nobody knew her name

Chorus

Oh the road took her home

Before she ever got there

Her hands still smelled like bread

Her heart still sang their names