Laverne's Song

by Kathryn Morski

                 C                CBbs              Am            AmGbs
I used to walk to the store in my everyday dress.
             F                     G                C          G
Used to walk with my kids to the park.  
          C        CBbs           Am       AmGbs
Used to run to the window to watch him come home.
            F                                           G
How I loved our long walks in the dark!
               C                CBbs              Am            AmGbs
Used to ski through white meadows, used to dance until dawn
             F                     G                C          G
 At the hall on the road south of town.
                F                     D                    C            CBbs  A
I used to do all these things, felt as though I had wings,
                  F                          G           C        CBbs          Am
And now, I just walk up and down through the town.   
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          Now, I just walk up and down.

You see, the kids who went walking changed to kids who drove cars
And the kids and the cars moved away.
They write letters.  I don't see them, so I guess I just dream
Of those times at the park, when they'd play.
My Richard died of cancer over five years ago
Then my hands and my eyes let me down.
I used to live in my own house and mind my own life.
And now, I just walk up and down through the town.
Now, I just walk up and down.  

        F             G                           C             Am
You see, the girls at the Home, here, they try to be kind.
        F             G             C       C7
We all do the best that we can.
        F             G                    C               C7
It's not their fault, or mine, that I somehow got old.
        F                             G         G7
It's not their fault they don't understand.
 

Another family's in my house now, like a bloom on a vine,
And I'm glad that they've kept it alive.
It seems strange here, with no kitchen, and I can't plant a thing,
And the trees fight concrete to survive.
I wouldn't change it.  I wouldn't trade even one day of my life.
I wouldn't wish all my scars to be gone.
First you crawl, then you walk, then you run through your life,
And I can still walk up and down, up and down.
I can still walk up and down. 

I still walk up and down!

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