From the recording Real Life
Lyrics
I had it all mapped out on paper,
Five more years and I'd be free,
The business hummed, the money came,
I built the life I thought I'd need.
But late at night I'd hear the phone,
And pray it wasn't that call,
My daughter's voice was fading fast—
I had to choose, risk it all.
So I'm in freefall,
Left it all behind,
Trading everything I built
To give her one more fight
No safety net, no guarantee,
Just faith and fifty-nine,
I'm in freefall,
But she's alive.
They said I was crazy,
Throwing it away,
"You're too old to start again,
You'll regret it someday."
But money can't buy back the dead,
Can't fill an empty chair,
I'd rather have nothing and have her here
Than everything and despair.
So I'm in freefall,
Left it all behind,
Trading everything I built
To give her one more fight
No safety net, no guarantee,
Just faith and fifty-nine,
I'm in freefall,
But she's alive.
Some things you can't put a price on,
Some calls you can't ignore,
When you're standing at the edge
And love is worth more—
More than comfort, more than plans,
More than the life you knew,
I'd jump a thousand times again
To help her through.
Yeah, I'm in freefall,
Starting over new,
Gave up everything I had
For what I couldn't lose.
No regrets, no looking back,
She's clean and she's alive,
We're in freefall,
But we survived.
Retirement can wait,
Money comes and goes,
But I got my daughter back—
God made a way somehow,
That's all I need to know.