Ellsworth-Midday Sun

[ti:Ellsworth] [ar:Midday Sun] [al:Life Is a Highway: Tribute to Rascal Flatts] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ellsworth - Midday Sun [00:15.50]Grandma burned the biscuits [00:17.85] [00:18.55]Nearly took the house down with it [00:22.06]Now she's in assisted livin' [00:25.15]We all knew that day would e [00:29.08]We knew she was too gone to drive [00:32.32]The day she parked on I-65 [00:35.42] [00:36.12]Found her on the shoulder cryin' [00:39.16]She didn't know where she was [00:42.79] [00:44.05]It's like her mind just quit [00:46.51] [00:48.52]Oh' but bring up Grandpa [00:51.40]It's like someone flipped a switch [00:53.72] [00:56.76]A front porch light and a blue Desoto [01:00.57]Couple of straws in a Coca-Cola [01:04.46] [01:05.44]You could see it all goin' down [01:08.23] [01:10.85]A handsome boy in army green [01:13.85] [01:14.43]A tear on his face' down on a knee [01:18.33]Shaky voice' a diamond ring [01:21.41]She'll put you in that town [01:24.27] [01:25.04]Tomorrow she won't remember [01:27.39]What she did today [01:29.89] [01:30.88]But just ask her about Ellsworth' [01:33.98]Kansas 1948 [01:38.68] [01:45.40]She takes out his medals [01:47.86] [01:48.86]A cigar box of letters [01:51.51] [01:52.44]Sits and scatters pictures [01:55.28]Black and whites of days gone by [01:58.40] [01:59.92]We started losin' her when she lost him' [02:03.70] [02:04.42]But to hear her carry on [02:07.33]You'd swear she's seventeen again [02:11.15]Football games and leaves [02:13.22]Are cracklin' [02:14.68]Walking her home in his letter jacket [02:18.50] [02:19.53]You can see it all goin' down [02:22.62] [02:25.07]A perfect night on a front porch Glider [02:28.77]Sayin' goodnight for the next Three hours [02:31.98] [02:32.62]Her tired eyes grow wide and bright [02:35.40]When she talks about that town [02:38.36] [02:39.05]Tomorrow she won't remember [02:41.61]What she did today [02:44.30] [02:45.13]But just ask her about Ellsworth' Kansas 1948 [02:53.27] [03:05.65]While the world is fading [03:07.36]All around her [03:09.35]Sharin' a sundae at the counter [03:12.33] [03:13.15]He's goin' on and on about her [03:16.07]Bet she's right there right now [03:19.08] [03:19.67]Tomorrow she won't remember [03:22.17]What she did today [03:25.73]But just ask her about Ellsworth' Kansas 1948