Karaoke Ellsworth

Grandma burned the biscuits nearly took the house down with it
Now she's in assisted-livin'
We all knew that day would come
We knew she was too gone to drive
The day she parked on I sixty five
Found her on the shoulder cryin'
She didn't know where she was
It's like her mind just quit oh but bring up grandpa
It's like someone flipped a switch
A front porch light and a blue Desota
Couple a straws in a coca cola
You can see it all goin' down
A handsome boy in army green
A tear on his face down on a knee
Shaky voice a diamond ring
She'll put you in that town
Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today
But just ask her about
Ellsworth Kansas nineteen fourty eight
She takes out his medals a cigar box of letters
Sits and scatters pictures black and whites of days gone by
We started losin' her when she lost him
But to hear her carry on you'd swear she's seventeen again
Football games and leaves a cracklin'
Walkin' her home in his letter jacket
You can see it all goin' down
A perfect night on a front porch glider
Sayin' goodnight for the next three hours
Her tired eyes go wide and bright
When she talks about that town
Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today
But just ask her about
Ellsworth Kansas nineteen fourty eight
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
While the world is fadin' all around her
Sharin' a sunday at the counter
He's goin' on and on about her
Bet she's right there right now
Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today
But just ask her about
Ellsworth Kansas nineteen fourty eight

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