Lucky was on CNN this morning! And Fox’s national morning program! Woo-hoo! (The CNN video requires Windows Media Player — Mac users, you can view it here.)
And, now, the lyrics to our first mother/daughter collaboration…the cd for the Hill Country Youth Ranch will be out next spring, and it will include this song and another that Lily sings called, “Little Sister”….
Cross Over
words and music by Lily Hickman-Waldon and Sara Hickman
I grew up in Texas
On the wrong side of the tracks
In an empty house full of shadows
Where the days were always black
No bed…no dad…
Nothing good…always bad
Just pain Just fear
Wishing for what the other girls had
But I knew I’d cross over
To the other side
Yea, I’d cross over
To a better life
No more pretending…a happy ending…is meant to be
When I cross over…
The floor was covered in bottles
Of pills and alcohol
And I felt as if….I was never loved at all
You know, I really trusted you
I thought you loved me, too
But I guess it was just more lies
And what the others said was true
They said
You never loved me
And you only loved the drugs
They said I probably wasn’t good enough
But I knew that I’d cross over
To the other side
Yea, I’d cross over
To a better life
No more pretending….a happy ending…is meant to be
I’d crossover….and I’d be free
I can see happiness…waiting…across the way
I’m takin’ on tomorrow
And makin’ it mine today…
You didn’t hear me
The last time I called out
You were layin’ in the hallway
And I knew without a doubt
Feelin’ scared…feelin’ alone
I knew…I had to go
It was now or never or this life together
Was going no where but down
So, I crossed over
To the other side
Yea, I crossed over
To a better life
No more pretending…this is the ending
And how it should be
I crossed over
And we’re both free….