Ellsworth - Midday Sun

[00:00.0]Ellsworth - Midday Sun
[00:15.5]Grandma burned the biscuits
[00:18.55]Nearly took the house down with it
[00:22.06]Now she's in assisted livin'
[00:25.15]We all knew that day would e
[00:29.08]We knew she was too gone to drive
[00:32.32]The day she parked on I-65
[00:36.12]Found her on the shoulder cryin'
[00:39.16]She didn't know where she was
[00:44.05]It's like her mind just quit
[00:48.52]Oh' but bring up Grandpa
[00:51.4]It's like someone flipped a switch
[00:56.76]A front porch light and a blue Desoto
[01:00.57]Couple of straws in a Coca-Cola
[01:05.44]You could see it all goin' down
[01:10.85]A handsome boy in army green
[01:14.43]A tear on his face' down on a knee
[01:18.33]Shaky voice' a diamond ring
[01:21.41]She'll put you in that town
[01:25.04]Tomorrow she won't remember
[01:27.39]What she did today
[01:30.88]But just ask her about Ellsworth'
[01:33.979996]Kansas 1948
[01:45.4]She takes out his medals
[01:48.86]A cigar box of letters
[01:52.44]Sits and scatters pictures
[01:55.28]Black and whites of days gone by
[01:59.92]We started losin' her when she lost him'
[02:04.42]But to hear her carry on
[02:07.33]You'd swear she's seventeen again
[02:11.15]Football games and leaves
[02:13.22]Are cracklin'
[02:14.68]Walking her home in his letter jacket
[02:19.53]You can see it all goin' down
[02:25.07]A perfect night on a front porch Glider
[02:28.77]Sayin' goodnight for the next Three hours
[02:32.62]Her tired eyes grow wide and bright
[02:35.4]When she talks about that town
[02:39.05]Tomorrow she won't remember
[02:41.61]What she did today
[02:45.13]But just ask her about Ellsworth' Kansas 1948
[03:05.65]While the world is fading
[03:07.36]All around her
[03:09.35]Sharin' a sundae at the counter
[03:13.15]He's goin' on and on about her
[03:16.07]Bet she's right there right now
[03:19.67]Tomorrow she won't remember
[03:22.17]What she did today
[03:25.73]But just ask her about Ellsworth' Kansas 1948