When Pink was just a color

There's a song I was introduced to recently called "When Pink was just a color." The lyrics are quite powerful and cause me to tear up every time I hear the song.

This morning on the way to work, for whatever reason, I was feeling extremely emotional (and no you can't blame that time of the month with me...I don't have those parts any more). There are two lines that specifically get me going.  The song is about a mother with her daughter and family getting ready to run a race for breast cancer.   One lyric that gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME is when the daughter says, "Every one's dressed in pink. Look how pretty it is." AGH! It kills me.

The other is when it's talking about her mother being missed, but she's still with her as a picture on her shirt and she runs in memory of....Holy Tear Jerker Batman!

It's probably just me.

Anyhow, I thought I'd put the lyrics here in hope that it makes you stop a moment and think about breast cancer. 

Seems like the whole town's here,
Friends and ribbons fill the park,
She knows she's not alone, it makes her smile, and it breaks her heart,
Her daughter is holding her hand, a balloon tied on her wrist,
She says, \"Mommy, every one's dressed in pink, look how pretty it is.\"
And It reminds her, of comin' here,
When she was, just a little girl,
Holding her own mother's hand,
It was an innocent world,

When pink was just a color and ribbons tied back hair,
Every race was just for fun and she ran without a care,
Today is one step closer, to being like back then,
When pink, is just a color again,

Now her daughter's on grandpa's shoulders, waving above the crowd,
She steps up to the starting line, and takes a, long look around,
She sees posters held up high, white candles being lit,
For mothers and daughters, sisters and wives,
That are being missed,
But her mother, is still with her,
As a, picture on her shirt,
And she wipes away, bitter sweet tears,
As she, runs in memory of her,
And of when pink is just a color and
Ribbons tied back hair,
Every race was just for fun and she ran without a care
Today,is one step closer,
To being like back then,
When pink is just a colour again...

When pink is just a color and ribbons tie back hair,
Every race is just for fun, and we run without a care,
Today, is one step closer,
To being like back then,
Every step is one step further,
In this, race we're gunna win,

When pink is just a color again..