From the recording One More Year (Holly's Song)
Lyrics
One More Year - (Holly's Song)
Lyrics and Music by Thom Kaz
Dedicated to the Memory of Holly Butcher
©️Kaz Music Group 2025
She was twenty-seven, full of light
Dreamed of babies, peaceful nights
But life had other plans in store
And time became what she prayed for
She said, “Don’t wait for someday to begin
To chase your dreams or let love in
The small stuff fades when truth appears
What I wouldn’t give for one more year”
So take the trip, call your friend
Hug your dog, let the healing begin
Eat the cake, dance in the rain
Say ‘I love you’ — don’t explain
We don’t know how much time weve got here
So live every day… like one more year
She said, “Put down your phone, lift up your eyes
There’s a world outside we let pass by
Don’t chase the likes, don’t chase the fame
You’ll miss the joy caught in the flame”
“Your body’s not a war to fight
It carries you — and that’s your light
Don’t waste a minute trapped in fear
I’d give it all for one more year”
So take the trip, call your friend
Hug your dog, let the healing begin
Eat the cake, dance in the rain
Say ‘I love you’ — don’t explain
We don’t know how much time weve got here
So live every day… like one more year
She spoke with grace, her heart laid bare
A final wish, a quiet prayer
“Give more than you take,” she said through tears
“You might be the reason someone gets one more year”
So take the trip, call your friend
Hold their hand, and don’t pretend
Laugh too loud, forgive the pain
Be the light when it starts to rain
We don’t know how much time weve got here
So live each day…
Like one more year
Yeah, live each day…
Like one more year...