This beautiful song was written by the inimitable Don Sparks, one of the finest songwriters I have the privilege of knowing. You should hear HIM perform this song!
Lyrics
She Saves Me (by Don Sparks)
The sun comes up without any warning
I pull the covers over my so-called life
But she's been lying in wait for the morning
She feels I'm better off outside
So my feet hit the cold wood floor
I grab her leash, and we're out the door
Just like every day before
And she saves me
There's a lady down at the bakery
She always smiles as we stumble by
She don't know just what to make of me
Half asleep and about to cry
So she brings out a sample of
The bread that is her one true love
And I'll admit, it's a cut above
And she saves me
And there's a memory of a time
When we were doing fine
And it takes me down inside
It pulls me under, then I start to wonder
If it's worth just being here alive
I turn on the TV; it never gets better
But it sure beats surfing 'round my mind
I got a hot date with Loretta
And that weather lady's just my kind
She says we're in for a cooling trend
And someday soon this rain will end
And on the eights, well she's a "ten"
And she saves me
And there's a memory of a time
When we were doing fine
And it takes me down inside
It pulls me under, then I start to wonder
If it's worth just being here alive
The sun comes up without any warning
I pull the covers over my so-called life
But she's been lying in wait for the morning
She feels I'm better off outside
So my feet hit the cold wood floor
I grab her leash, and we're out the door
Just like every day before
And she saves me