Hold the Line

You show up before dawn, with a key and a smile,
Coffee in a paper cup, and a mile after mile.
You fix the loose hinge, you remember the names,
You carry that whole block like a song with no flame.
And nobody sees it till the weight gets gone,
But you keep on loving when the day runs long.
Hold the line, hold the line, you keep us standing here.
Hold the line, hold the line, love is how you keep us near.
Hold the line, hold the line, you take the sick tray over,
You mend what is torn.
You sit with the lonely till the hard night is worn,
You laugh in the kitchen, oh yeah, you pray by the door.