Posted on 06/30/2014 4:44:51 PM PDT by ru4liberty
My former co-worker just called me for help in naming a country music song. I don't listen to today's country music that much, so I couldn't help her, but I'm sure one of my FReeper FRiends can.
She said the song had something in the lyrics about grandma having dementia or Alzheimer's and having to refer back to 1942(ish) for something she can remember. Or something like that.
Does anyone know what song that might be and who the artist is?
TIA. :)
Brett Eldredge, ‘Raymond’
Ellsworth - Rascal Flatts
Grandma burned the biscuits
Nearly took the house down with it.
Now she’s in assisted livin’
We all knew that day would come.
We knew she was to gone to drive
The day she parked on i 65.
Found her on the shoulder cryin’
She didn’t know where she was.
Its like her mind just quit.
Oh but bring up grandpa- it’s like someone flipped a switch.
A front porch light and a blue Desota,
couple a straws in a coca cola:
You can see it all goin’ down.
A handsome boy in army green
A tear on his face- down on a knee,
Shaky voice- a diamond ring she’ll put you in that town.
Tomorrow she won’t remember what she did today,
But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 1948.
She takes out his medals,
A cigar box of letters.
Sits and scatters pictures,
Black and whites of days gone by.
We started losin’ her when she lost him,
But to hear her carry on you’d swear she’s seventeen again
Football games and leaves a’cracklin’
Walkin’ her home in his letter jacket,
You can see it all goin’ down.
A perfect night on a front porch glider,
Saying goodnight for the next 3 hours.
Her tired eyes go wide and bright
When she talks about that town.
Tomorrow she won’t remember what she did today,
But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas 1948.
While the world is fading all around her
Sharing a sundae at the counter
He’s goin’ on and on about her
Bet she’s right there right now
Tomorrow she won’t remember what she did today
Just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas, 1948
I have one too. The one I heard had something to do with pickup trucks, drinking beer, and a cheat’n heart.
Can anyone help?
You need to narrow it down a bit. Does it mention jail?
Thank you so much.
No but there was a part about tight jeans. Does that help?
Actually, thank you... My grandmother passed away June 21st and I just flew out to Oregon to attend the funeral. I don’t think that it all hit me until I found the song and posted and then watched the video. Finally got the tears to flow that I had been holding back.
Great song.
Yes, that was the one she was wanting to ID. Another outstanding song. Thank you for introducing that one to me.
One of my favorites is, “I got a BBQ stain on my white t-shirt”.
When I was 5 years old, my mom, sister and I traveled by bus from Texas to Oregon. Now my Grammy would say that the first words I said to her when I got off the bus were “Hi Grammy! Got a quarter?” (There must have been a gum ball machine close by) today at her funeral, I placed a quarter in her hand, and told her she could have it back. The beautiful part about this was that the date on the quarter is the year we came to visit all those years ago. And this was unplanned!
Sounds like the usual Noel Coward song to me.
Heartfelt condolences for the loss of your grandmother. I’m glad you found the song and released the tears. I know how it feels to need to cry and not be able to. Prayers for you and your family as you go through this time of grief.
And Mama? And trains?
Oh, great! My screen is getting blurry.
Hard but beautiful ... like a birth or a funeral.
Did it say anything about cowboy boots?
Thanks and blessings to you
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