Old Lady

I'll be an old lady

If I get lucky

I'll be an old lady someday

With strawberry hair

Or gray if I dare

Counting my blessings away

Will you come and see me

Will you believe me

I'm sorry for all my mistakes

I hope that you're happy

And know that I love you

Better than anyone

Better than anything

Old lady

How did I grow so old?

When I close my eyes

I'm still just a girl

Old lady

I want your hand to hold

And touch my cheek like you did

When you were a baby

Where will I wander

Back to the market

Perhaps you could use something too

And if you decide that you no longer like it

I'll take it right back there for you

Me and my handbag

My well-traveled turquoise

Orangey-red lipstick and nails

A bosom, a belly, and perfume

So I smell just like my grandmother

Old lady

How did I grow so old?

When I close my eyes

I'm still just a girl

Old lady

I want your hand to hold

And touch my cheek like you did

When you were a baby

My sun and my daughter

My sun and my moon

My warm summer late afternoon

I'm happy to keep to myself 'til you need me

I'll clean up the grandkids

I'll sleep in the back room

I wish I could take back the fight I had in me

But oh, how I loved you, my dears

Stay close, don't forget me

And if I forget you

Play music to prick up my ears

Old lady

How did I grow so old?

When I close my eyes

I'm still just a girl

Old lady

I want your hand to hold

And touch my cheek like you did

When you were a baby