Song Description

A loved one passing from this world to the next

Lyrics

She wakes up in the morning and her fingers won't work
Wakes up in the morning and her fingers won't work
Oh Lord, how they hurt, how they hurt
Sweet Sally doesn't know, doesn't know
Sweet Sally's going home

Tries to get up but her legs barely hold
Tries to get up but her legs barely hold
Pain like an arrow from a hunter's bow
She calls my name soft and low, soft and low
Sweet Sally's going home

I hold her in my arms as we pray and pray
Hold her in my arms as we pray and pray
Rockin' back and forth by her bed all day
Clock is ticking awful slow, awful slow
Sweet Sally's going home

Doctor says the pills ain't gonna help the pain
Doctor says the pills ain't gonna help the pain
Stares out the window at the trees in the rain
Sweet Sally now she knows, now she knows
Sweet Sally's going home

So many mountains that she wants to climb
So many mountains that she wants to climb
Always had a reason, never had the time
Nowhere to go now but home, only home
Sweet Sally's going home

Come in the morning, draw the curtains shut
Come in the morning, draw the curtains shut
Oh, Lord, what kind of luck, kind of luck
Sweet Sally, she is home, she is home
Sweet Sally, she's gone home
She is home