[00:07.380]Dress up old florence in an open backed gown.
[00:12.134]Last night was for dancing today is for rest.
[00:17.463]Her house on ocean shore parkway is warm.
[00:22.374]But strangely quiet after the songs.
[00:28.669]And the dancing and card games and one of her friends.
[00:32.379]Made a pass like a lover she sweetly declined.
[00:37.342]Cause he's gone.
[00:40.868]I'm sorry i'll only have one.
[00:45.362]And i know that you know how to be alone ,
[00:50.168]cause yours is gone too.
[01:04.248]Dress up old florence she's falling away.
[01:08.558]Put on her flowered housecoat and arrange.
[01:14.384]Her silver hair flowing with a comb and a brush.
[01:19.138]And powder her pale check with rosy blush.
[01:24.728]And though her daughter talked to her every day of her life.
[01:29.378]And tended to her while she was losing her life.
[01:34.367]There were moments of anger and terrible mean.
[01:39.957]Things were said loudly and tears had to stream from her face.
[01:48.055]Left with a sweeping disgrace of a broken glass argument's haste.
[01:57.042]Ah what a waste to erase your grace.
[02:07.334]
[02:12.088]Ddress up old florence she's leaving today.
[02:15.954]And mother and daughter are losing their way.
[02:21.153]And florence is frightened but she'll understand.
[02:26.168]It's better than blood thinners and oxygen masks.
[02:31.053]Now you send for a priest for a blessing a prayer.
[02:36.486]She's against them all cause they don't give a damn.
[02:41.293]As he's leaving the sacristy he said with a wink.
[02:46.465]And dropping his robes he grabs a drink.
[02:51.716]Then he's gone into the arms of a nun,
[02:59.344]who has skin and a pulse and a son,
[03:03.915]and needs someone too like you.
[03:14.077]
[03:18.152]Dress up old florence she's looking so good.
[03:22.854]And now all her brave friends are coming with food.
[03:28.470]This should have been hard but by mid afternoon.
[03:33.904]You can hear the note as it moves through the room.
[03:39.154]Remember that time eric was falling down drunk,
[03:43.987]in a woman's dress and he called when he lost.
[03:49.368]Yeah they made a good team and when they played cardschrist himself stacked all the odds
[03:58.433]though she's gone into the arms of our god.
[04:07.732]I'm so glad to have known someone so strong but not hard??