Just now the smoke alarm went off.
I’m wearing my birthday gown
I’m wearing my birthday gown
and running up and down
the stairs. Amazed I still haven’t contracted a cough
(it’ll take less than that to get me to quiet down).
the stairs. Amazed I still haven’t contracted a cough
(it’ll take less than that to get me to quiet down).
It’s because my spiritual town
is filled with things like the Norman Luboff
Choir singing Paper Doll in their birthday gowns.
is filled with things like the Norman Luboff
Choir singing Paper Doll in their birthday gowns.
God, I hate that song!
That, and a friend kind of went off
the radar last night. I quieted down
That, and a friend kind of went off
the radar last night. I quieted down
a little when I saw he was among
friends at Abbott Hospital.
Life rides a gurney in a hospital gown,
friends at Abbott Hospital.
Life rides a gurney in a hospital gown,
and there won’t be a happy ending to this song—
litany of our life—
when whatever it takes to quiet us down
happens and we’re wearing our eternity gowns.
litany of our life—
when whatever it takes to quiet us down
happens and we’re wearing our eternity gowns.
