Forever Changed

She remembers the nights he'd come calling

His yellow-silk tie

In love she saw him falling for her in the fire of July

Then one day as the nights grew longer

Blackberry winter in a little white church

Stood a young pretty bride

Forever changed,

Forever changed,

Nothing ever stays the same

Forever named,

Forever changed

She remembers the change in her body

The blooming within

And how her heart seemed to flutter with the wind

Then one night as the days grew longer

That Indian summer

She brought love into the world

Cried and held me then

Forever changed,

Forever changed,

Nothing ever stays the same

Forever child,

Forever changed

Somedays she'll talk about aunt Rosie

The sister she lost

Asking when she's coming over

And why she hasn't called

Somedays I just hold her fragile hand

As Tom crawls across the floor

Somedays it just kills me

To watch her memories slip away a little more

Forever changed,

Forever changed,

Nothing ever stays the same

Forever named,

Forever child,

Forever loved,

Forever changed.