The Shuffleboard Queens Lyrics - Singles - Deirdre Flint

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.