She doesn't know the man 
who tries to push her wheelchair in the sand 
she just looks out to sea 
he's talking endlessly 
Oh, why won't he shut up 
i take my medicine 
i crush the paper cup 
oh, maybe he's my son 
and he's come to set me free 
She knows that she forgot 
that there's a story, and she 
can't recall the plot 
of course her family fought 
over the furniture 
Oh i don't know why they 
have taken all my favorite things away 
but one thing, that's for sure 
i don't know what they were 
They say a stone is a marker 
and that it has weight 
they say it's solid 
but it can deteriorate 
The air is like a hand 
reminding her of all the things she's planned 
like air that thought is gone 
never to come again 
We came out to the beach 
to find the mind i've lost, and cannot reach 
i used to keep it here 
it was much cleaner then 
They say a rose is a flower 
and that it is red 
it blooms, it grows, it wilts 
and then it's dead 
They say a stone is a marker 
and that it has weight 
they say it's solid 
but it can deteriorate 
They say a rose is a flower 
and that it is red 
it blooms, it grows, it wilts 
and then it's dead 
Oh, rose kennedy