Christine Lavin - Three-Storied Life lyrics

At 46 years old she got divorced doesn't matter who left who this marriage was done so she bought a house and corner plot in a California seaside town a tiny cottage big enough for one Though she was 3 blocks from the ocean she had no view of it the surrounding houses were two stories high so she made the best of a sad situation worked her job mananged to get by Though she had lots of friends her nights were long and lonely though she worked in her garden and those seedlings came to bloom and her grown son called her often but she missed her ex-husband did the best she could with that tiny house and tiny rooms Thirteen years went by and the seaside town grew prosperous and her house and land were worth many times what she had paid and her garden was the envy of the entire neighborhood and she looked forward to the sunrise every day But one day at her job it was an ordinary Monday shattered by a frantic phone call by the time that she got home all that was left standing was a back deck and a single wall All of her possessions in that lovely little house were smoldering beneath the California sky though her friends and her ex-husband were quick to offer help her heart was broken the light had left her eye Thank God she had insurance and knew a creative architect who lived in this same town by the sea he said for not much more I could rebuild a 2-story house for not much more than that it could be three it could be three Now she's got a view of the ocean from her new bedroom deck and a bouncy baby grandson adds more new joy to her life and she 's got a sweet new boyfriend and her ex-husband confided he's having lots of trouble with his wife yes her ex is having trouble with his wife No that part isn't true they are all on good terms after all it's California land of open heart and mind and as the sun sets over the glorious Pacific I'm so glad to report that my friend is doing fine doing fine doing fine doing fine doing fine