A Song For Dolly

  1. MEANING TO CALL YOU (For ‘Dolly’ aka Theresa Brundage)
    I recall the last time we spoke on the phone
    Talkin’ about Jesus and goin’ home
    After all, you were ninety-five at the time
    You were sweet, Dolly as a perfect rhyme

    CHORUS
    I’d been meaning to call you
    I’d been meaning to call you
    Now, you’re gone
    Just gone

    We met under a strange circumstance
    Searchin’ for my mother, a dastardly dance
    But then, there you were, a distant cousin
    Arms open wide, heart, a dozen, mm-m

    I’d been meaning to call you
    I’d been meaning to call you
    Now, you’re gone
    Just gone

    Music

    Like a song, just gone

    You invited me up to Danvers, Mass
    Dear, you just know I couldn’t pass
    Introduced me to my Armenian family
    A feast filled with food, laughter and harmony, mm-m

    (spoken)
    Well, finally found your obit online
    A video of your life filled with sunshine
    And I was proud to add a line or two
    You made me one of you, oooh-oh

    mm-m…mm-m…mm-m…mm..m

    I’d been meaning to call you
    I’d been meaning to call you
    Now, you’re gone
    Just gone..

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