Song For Granny
Lyrics: Eran Eisenberg
The tremble in her hand
A face that's lined with wrinkles
And her eyes are so tired and deep
They express nothing but love
While her lips, they would mumble something with a tremor
I could not understand a word
Of what she tried to say.
There used to be a time
Quite a few years ago
We were only children then
She would pick us way up
And sit us down on her knee
She would swing us all over
Like a swing on a tree
After that,
She'd become quite exhausted
So she would sit us right beside her
Pat our head with a kind hand
How she loved to listen to the sounds of birds
How she loved to hear children as they laughed
Those days are since long gone
She's sitting in a wheelchair so quiet and still
Now whispering something but voicing no sound
Reaching out her hand, she tries to touch my head
But her strength, it would not allow her to reach me
Again, as she tries to say something unclear
Moves her lips to form just a word
But voicing no sound
And slowly, so slowly her heavy eyes close
As she drifts into eternal sleep
I could not understand a word
Of what she tried to say