You Have Been Loved - Live

This is for my mother
 And for her soul
 She takes the back road and the lane
 Past the school that has not changed in all this time
 She thinks of when the boy was young
 All the battles she had won
 Just to give him life
 That man, she loved that man
 For all his life
 But now we meet to take him flowers
 And only God knows why
 For what's the use in pressing palms
 When children fade in mother's arms
 It's a cruel world, we've so much to lose
 And what we have to learn we rarely choose
 So if it's God who took her son
 He cannot be the one living in her mind
 "Take care my love," she said
 Don't think that God is dead
 "Take care my love," she said
 You have been loved, whoa
 If I was weak, forgive me
 But I was terrified
 You brushed my eyes with angels wings, full of love
 The kind that makes devils cry
 So these days, my life has changed
 And I'll be fine
 But she just sits and counts the hours
 Searching for her crime
 So what's the use of pressing palms
 If you won't keep such love from harm
 It's a cruel world, you've so much to prove
 And heaven help the ones who wait for you
 Now I've no daughters, I've no sons
 Guess I'm the only one living in my life
 "Take care my love," he said
 Don't think that God is dead
 "Take care my love," he said
 You have been loved