Ellsworth

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Grandma burned the biscuits,  nearly took the house down with it,
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Now she's in assisted living, we all knew that day would come,
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We knew she was too gone to drive, the day she parked on I-65,
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Found her on the shoulder cryin, she didn't know where she was,
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  It's like her mind just quit,
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Oh but bring up grandpa it's like someone flipped a switch,
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A front porch light and a blue Desota,
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A couple of straws in a Coca-Cola-a,
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you could see it all goin down,
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A handsome boy in army green,
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A tear on his face down on a knee,
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A shaky voice, a diamond ring,
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She'll put you in that town,
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Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,
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But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 1948
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She takes out his medals, a cigar box of letters,
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Sits and scatters pictures, blacks and whites of days gone by,
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we started losin her when she lost him,
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But to hear her carry on, You'd swear she's seventeen again,
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Football games and leaves a cracklin
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Walkin her home in his letter jacket,
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You can see it all goin down,
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A perfect night on a front porch glider,
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Sayin goodnight for the next three hours,
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Her tired eyes go wide and bright,
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when she talks about that town,
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Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,
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But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 1948
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While the world is fading all around her,
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Sharin' a sundae at the counter,
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He's goin on and on about her,
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Bet she's right there right now,
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Tomorrow she won't remember what she did today,
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But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 1948