Suzanne

[Verse 1]
There's a kind of grit you can't buy in a store
It's the porch light burning when the night gets long
It's a hand that holds steady when the world goes wrong
I've watched it up close since we were just girls
My sister, still standing against the whole world

[Chorus]
Here's to sixty years of never letting go
Of heartache you carried so the rest of us could grow
You're stubborn as a mule and twice as strong
Suzanne, you've been my strength all along

[Verse 2]
When the flames took the house and the smoke filled the sky
We lost Gerald and Nikki, and we all asked why
You fell to your knees, but you didn't stay down
'Cause Kendra still needed you, so you turned it around
You loved a little harder than you did before

[Chorus]
Here's to sixty years of never letting go
Of heartache you carried so the rest of us could grow
You're stubborn as a mule and twice as strong
Suzanne, you've been my strength all along

[Bridge]
I know some nights the quiet still cuts deep
I know you still cry when the house is asleep
But healing ain't forgetting, it's choosing to stand
And you taught me that, sister, just holding my hand

[Verse 3]
So here's my birthday wish, I'm sending to the stars
A lasting love to hold you, right there where you are
Someone to share sunrise, someone who stays
Someone who sees all the strength that you give away
I'm grateful every morning, every single day
That I got you for a sister, and you lead the way

[Chorus]
Here's to sixty years of never letting go
Here's to all the healing still to come, I know
You're stubborn as a mule and twice as strong
Suzanne, you've been my strength all along

[Outro]
Happy birthday, sister, blow those candles out
Hope is the one thing you never live without