They say that time heals
But it's not always true
I know that I'll never stop
Missing you.
Your love pulled me together
If it hadn't been for you
I don't know if I'd have ever
Made it through.
I'm blowing away
Bit by bit
Piece by piece
Where are you today?
I feel like I'm blowing away.
Friendless and with no family
I was totally alone
And I remember that you said
You once lost a child of your own
The room that you offered me
In your house soon became home
Full of loving care and comfort
Like I'd never known.
I'm blowing away
Bit by bit
Piece by piece
Where are you today?
I feel like I'm blowing away.
Well, you were like a mother to me
As well as a friend
And I can't believe that I'll
Never see you again.
Like stone turned to sand
By an ocean of grief
Long after the ocean
Has abandoned the reef
Like a field of wild flowers
That have all gone to seed
And now the wind
Is picking up speed.
I'm blowing away
Bit by bit
Piece by piece...
I need you today
I feel like I'm blowing away.
My dear friend Rosie died in a fire when her house burned down while she was sleeping in the early morning hours. I had rented a room in Rosie's house for several years after I moved to California from my parents' home in Ohio. On a trip through the southwestern United States not long after Rosie died, the majesty of the land inspired me to write this song in honor of her place in my life and heart.
