Deirdre Flint - The Shuffleboard Queens lyrics

rate me

Last time I saw you, you had a ticket in your hand going one way,

You'd put the furniture out on the curb for the Salvation Army to take away.

And you don't call like you used to and I don't write like I should

And now you're telling me life's gotten so I nearly lost you for good.

Well you've been the high notes in my laughter since you've gone

If I'd known now as I waved you goodbye, I'd have flagged that Arntrak and gotten on.

And foolish goals we derided, are my companions well known.

I guess you're finding out your own way life gets lonely alone.

But when the love of our lives has passed away

And our hair has turned silver or blue or gray

Don't forget I'll be calling you

Don't forget we have things to do

Buy us a condo in retirement land

Wear polyester and start up a band

Be every virile older man's savior

Embarrass our kids with imprudent behavior.

And maybe realize our dreams...

You and me, girl, we'll be the Shuffleboard Queens.

Oh the grand lives we mapped out, oh the grand dames we'd be

I never knew how much I leaned on you, 'til I found only me

And I don't call like I used to, nothing much left to say

Cause I don't really have to tell you, I've put my dreams all away

So every wish that runs through you, throughout the years write them down.

And I swear when we get to the other end, we'll do them all before we hit the ground

Oh the good times we'll have then, like the days we once had

So don't you go start doing foolish things like learning good wine from bad

When the love of our lives has passed away

And our hair has turned silver or blue or gray

Don't forget I'll be calling you

Don't forget we have things to do

Buy us a condo in retirement land

Wear polyester and start up a band

Find a nude beach and practice our catcalls

Write feminist poetry and our names on men's stalls

And maybe realize our dreams...

You and me, girl, we'll be the Shuffleboard Queens.