Leaving This Life Lyrics - Lori Mckenna

I am 6 years old in the back of my mother's car 

And I will be 7 in December 

She will be gone by the beginning of next spring 

And I will be left to remember 

To remember 

I ask my little questions 

And she laughs a little laugh 

But she won't tell me where we're going 

She looks in my eyes with her eyes in the mirror 

And says, "Some things you're better off not knowing" 

Not knowing 

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But I don't know what her voice sounds like 

I don't know what her skin feels like 

I only know what it might feel like 

When a mother holds her daughter 

When that mother knows she's leaving this life 

Leaving this life 

She's left with that reflection of me at 6 years old 

And I have her eyes in the mirror 

Well she and I, we are defined by what we have lost 

Don't you wonder whose loss is dearer 

Dearer 

She doesn't know what my voice sounds like 

She doesn't know what my skin feels like 

And I only know what it might feel like 

When a mother holds her daughter 

When that mother knows she's leaving this life 

Leaving this life 

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And I don't know what her voice sounds like 

And I don't know what her skin feels like 

I only know what it might feel like 

When a mother holds her daughter 

When that mother knows she's leaving this life 

Leaving this life 

Leaving this life 

Leaving this life 

Leaving this life