Still Standing, Still Loving

Lyrics

[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