Norah Jones, Billie Joe Armstrong - Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin’ Chair) lyrics

Sitting alone in an old rocking chair
I saw an old mother with silvery hair
She seemed so neglected by
Those who should care
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

Her hands were all callused
And wrinkled and old
A life of hard work was the story they told
And I thought of angels as I saw her there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

Bless her old heart
Do you think she'd complain
Though life has been bitter
She'd live it again
And carry that cross that is
More than her share
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

It wouldn't take much just
To gladden her heart
Just some small remembrance
On somebody's part
A letter would brighten her empty life there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair

I look at her and I think "What a shame"
The ones who forgot her she
Loves just the same
And I think of angels as I see her there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair