Need help remembering name of country song

[cwnhokie]

There's a country song about an older couple that ends up in the hospital at the same time, but they are in different rooms on different floors and in the song they end up moving them together and they do better. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about.

This just recently happened to my friends parents. He's 94 and she's 89 and they just had to go into a rehab hospital after she had a fall.

 

[Otto's Doll]

"Where Have You Been" by Kathy Mattea.

Claire had all but given up
When she and Edwin fell in love
She touched his face and shook her head
In disbelief she sighed and said
In many dreams I've held you near
Now at last you're really here

Chorus
Where have you been?
I've looked for you for ever and a day
Where have you been?
I'm just not myself when you're away

He asked her for her hand for life
Then she became a salesman's wife
He was home each night by 8
But one stormy evening he was late
Her frightened tears fell to the floor
Until his key turned in the door

Chorus

They'd never spent a night apart
For 60 yrs she heard him snore
Now they're in a hospital
In seperate beds on different floors

Claire soon lost her memory, forgot the names of family
She never spoke a word again
Then one day they wheeled him in
He held her hand and stroked her hair
In a fragile voice she said

Where have you been?
I've looked for you for ever and a day
Where have you been?
I'm just not myself when you're away


No, I'm just not myself when you're away

 

[Nancy]

I love that song, it brings tears to my eyes.

 

[cwnhokie]

That's it! Thank you so much. My friend said her father was curled up in the corner sobbing, because he thought everyone had abandoned him. After two days they moved them into the same room. It's still very hard on them. They went from the house they have lived in all their lives, to a room with two beds and a recliner.