Skin
Sara-beth is scared to death to hear what the doctor will sayShe hasn't been well since the day that she fellAnd the bruise, it just won't go awaySo she sits and she waits with her mother and dadAnd flips through an old magazineTill the nurse with the smile stands at the doorAnd says "Will you please come with me?"
Sara-beth is scared to death 'cause the doctor just told her the newsBetween the red cells and white, somethings not rightBut we're gonna take care of youSix chances in ten it won't come back againWith the therapy we're gonna tryIt's just been approved it's the strongest there isAnd I think we caught it in timeSara-beth closes her eyes.
And she dreams she's dancingAround and around without any caresAnd her very first love is holding her closeAnd the soft wind is blowing her hair
Sara-beth is scared to death as she sits holding her mum'Cause it would be a mistakeFor someone to take a girl with no hair to the promFor, just this morning right there on her pillowWas the cruelest of any surpriseAnd she cried when she gathered it all in her handsThe proof that she couldn't denyAnd Sara-beth closes her eyes
It's quarter to seven, that boys at the doorAnd her daddy ushers him inAnd when he takes off his cap they all start to cry'Cause this morning where his hair had beenSoftly, she touches just skin
And they go dancingAround and around without any caresAnd her very first true love was holding her closeAnd for a moment she isn't scared.