Skin

Album: Feels Like Today (2004)
Charted: 42
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  • Sarah Beth is scared to death
    To hear what the doctor will say
    She hasn't been well
    Since the day that she fell

    And the bruises just won't go away
    So she sits and see waits with her mother and dad
    Flips through an old magazine
    'Til a the nurse with a smile

    Stands at the door
    And says will you please come with me

    Sarah Beth is scared to death
    Cause the doctor just told her the news
    Between the red cells and white
    Something's not right
    But we're gonna take care of you

    Six chances in ten it won't come back again
    With the therapy were gonna try
    It's just been approved
    It's the strongest there is
    I think we caught it in time

    Sarah Beth closes her eyes
    She dreams she's dancing
    Around and around without any cares
    And her very first love is holding her close
    And the soft wind in blowing her hair

    Sarah Beth is scared to death
    As she sits holding her mom
    Says it would be a mistake
    For someone to take
    A girl with no hair to the prom

    Oh, just this morning right there on her pillow
    Was the cruelest of any surprise
    And she cried when she gathered it all in her hands
    The proof that she couldn't deny

    Sarah Beth closes her eyes
    She dreams she's dancing
    Around and around without any cares
    And her very first love was holding her close
    And the soft wind is blowing her hair

    Its quarter to seven
    That boys at the door
    And her daddy ushers him in
    And when he takes off his cap
    They all start to cry
    Cause this mornin' where his hair had been
    Softly she touches just skin

    And they go dancin'
    Around and around without any cares
    And her very first true love was holding her close
    And for a moment she isn't scared Writer/s: EPHRAIM LEWIS, JON QUARMBY
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 24

  • Ais from Somewherethis is my solo song its so sad but so uplifting
  • Claire from UkSuch loving and moving song lyrics.
  • Deb from Madison, WiThis song touches my heart like you can't imagine. My 16 year old daughter is attending her Junior Prom next week. She is Mistress of Ceremonies, and is being escorted by a wonderful guy. And YES, she is bald, due to cancer and chemotherapy. She is strong, beautiful and courageous! I love you Holly.
  • Kelli from Iowa, IaMy brother had just got done with having brain cancer. He is 13 and this song reminds me of how hard he fought to be a "normal" teenager. He always made jokes and made the best out of the worst. He was truly an inspiration to many in our community. I love this song.
  • Nikki from Toronto, OnThis song as a very special place in my heart. I use to think it was just a "sad" song. That was until we found out that my 7 year old cousin has leukemia just like the girl in the song. It was a shock for everyone. She didn't deserve it. Even though it's hard, she puts a smile on her face everyday and finds a way to laugh and joke around. She has adapted to her new life but with some very small struggles and changes. She is truely an inspiration. And the sad part is she is 4 months into chemo but it's only the start to her treatment...a bone marrow transplant is being planned. She loves life and everyone around her. Her smile inspires me. Thank you rascal flatts for this song...it's been there for me whenever I need it.
  • Aless from Houston, TxI love this song. I watched the music video to listen to it the first time and I just started crying when the boyfriend came in and took off his cap. It's so beautiful.
  • Katie from Orange County, CaI myself was recently diagnosed with skin cancer and this song was my consolation throughout the whole ordeal. i no longer have it but this song still sits in my memory and makes me cry whenever i hear it. thank you rascal flatts.
  • Brianna from Naples, FlThis song is amazing! My boyfriend just died of cancer about 10 months ago so I can definitely relate in a way.
  • Crystal from Chatsworth, Georgiathis song is really nice and sad
  • Landon from Winchester, OhIt's really sad. Does anyone know that Sara is a real person, and really died of cancer?
  • Slally from Seattle, WyI love this song for like five years i did not know the title so i couldnt get it but now im so happy, sad
    its really moving because both of my grandpas and dad died of cancer
  • Sammy from Ct, United Statesthis is a really sad song, but the ending is kind of nice.
  • Katie-lynn from Timmins, MtI LOVE THIS SONG!!!
    this one time,, was i grade 4, my grandfather was diying of cancer! and he was going to be fine and was getting out of the hospital a few days later, so the doctors claim!,, well it turns out a few days we later we got a phone call, that my grandfater died! I wish he was here today seeing me grow up! I LOVE HIM AND MISS HIM!! this song reminds me of him!! i want him back!
  • Margaret from Chicago, IlI love this song. Its sad, but true. Having cancer is scary. Its very moving. I hope rascal flatts create more songs like this one. Realistic songs and amazingly beautiful music videos. And clear lyrics so you can vualizes the scene/music
  • Margaret from Chicago, IlTHIS REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME.
    MY FAMILY IS KNOW FOR HAVING CANCER
    THIS SAD IS SAD BUT IS BASED ON REAL LIFE
    ITS VERY VERY MOVING THANKS ALOT RASCAL FLATTS
  • Amanda from Bloomer, WiWhen I first heard this song,it made me think about what I have. One of my friends had cancer. I am doing this song as a report in school. Thanks Rascel Flatts!
  • Rachel from Atlanta, Gathis song makes me think of my brother and so many of my friends i met through him. He had cancer (childhood lymphoma) when i was 7, he was 10. He's okay now, thankfully, but i met so many more people from spending so much time at the hospital with him, and it just really means a lot to me
    also, my friends mother just dies a few weeks ago from cancer
    it's a great song, and always makes me cry
  • Claudia from San Francisco, CaThis is the best song on the world there is nothing better to do than to listen to this song.
  • Angelica from Centralia , MoThis song is so good...It made me cry when I first heard it because at the time my grandma was in the hospital with cancer.....
    -Angelica,Centralia,MO
  • Whitney from Little Rock, ArThis video did make me cry- n i dont cry-like at all.
  • Allan from Vanderhoof, CanadaThis is one of the few songs I can think of right away where I heard the song, imagined what a video for it might look like, and then saw the video matching almost exactly what I had pictured.
    Usually, the videos that you create in your mind when you hear the song don't come anywhere close to what the artist ends up with.
    Best off-the-top-of-my-head example is another country song: The Thunder Rolls, by Garth Brooks. A good video about domestic violence, a subject you can't find anywhere in the song - unless you picture the wife taking a piece out of the husband when his cheating is confirmed.
  • Janetta from Davenport, Iai love this song it has so much meaning and it made me cry
  • Chris from Swan River, CanadaThis song is very moving. It's very sad. I saw the video, and I was crying it's just sad. But it talks about how a young woman finds out she has cancer, and how she wishes to live a normal life even though she has a life threatning diesease.
  • Bryce from Rugby, NdThe video almost made me cry.
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