Good night, Dolly Like the empty words of a dream. For your voice took flight, Many moons across the ocean blue, And landed calmly on Heart Millions of miles away. You sang of humble beginnings, Without shame and gained fame. Turned poverty into poetry, And made simplicity sound like wealth. You wore your coat of many colours, Stitched with every bit of love, And taught us the glory of contentment, In the crowded garden of greed.You understood the dangerous mathematics of sidechicks. And instead of sharpening your claws,You folded your pride like a wool, And pleaded with Jolene: “Please don’t take my man, Even though you can.” You told us first in many ways, Without mincing words, that; “I will always love you “Yes you did, With everything you owned. Beauty and brains, Voice like the wind, Mother of love! We’ve got your footprints in our hearts. Good night, Dolly. Thank you for the music.
