Cactus in a Coffee Can Reba McEntire

[Verse 1]
She had the window and I had the aisle
She looked 25, but she was shaking like a child when we took off
I looked over and clutched in her hand
There was a cactus in a coffee can
She was holding that thing like it was all that she had
She smiled at me, but I could tell she was sad

[Verse 2]
Somewhere over Denver, I asked her her name
She said "Elena," and told me she came from Santa Fe
She ordered a drink and a wall came down
She started talking and pain poured out
She told me a story I'll never forget
She had me in tears when she looked at me and said

[Chorus]
"My mama's first love was crack
She made her living lying on her back
And she gave me away on the day that I was born"

[Verse 3]
She said, "The last ten years I spent tracking her down
It don't seem fair that when I finally found her she was almost gone
We had two weeks together to laugh and to cry
Two weeks to say hello and goodbye
She gave me this cactus, said, 'It's kinda like me
It'll hurt you to hold it, but it blooms every spring'"