Blue-haired Lady Lyrics - Always, Then & Now - Jay Brannan

Blue-haired lady kneeling by her bed 

Trying to recite all the things daddy taught her Jesus said 

Blue-haired lady squints into the sun 

Distant voices calling her, maybe from the light comes one: 

"You served your husband well 

Saved all your kids from hell 

Built from a house a home 

What say you before you roam?" 

[chorus:] 

"Well, I walked the straight & narrow 

Kept my eyes on the sparrow 

I loved, I lost, I tried, I lead, I followed, fell, but forged ahead 

My time is drawing near 

And I'm strangely free of fear 

Release me from this flesh & bone 

But don't let me die alone 

Don't let me die alone" 

Blue-haired lady beginning to arrange 

Paths & plots & closing thoughts, on shifting sands & winds of change 

All these people speaking loud & slow 

Seeing spots from old snapshots, the clouds fly low in San Francisco 

"Momma who should have your ring?" 

"Do what you want with everything 

All these things have little worth 

This could be my last day on earth" 

[Chorus] 

Don't let me die alone 

Don't let me die alone 

Blue-haired lady dying in her bed 

Songs & tears impounding her, fingers clenched & scriptures read 

Dear old woman gives into the pain 

Feels the love surrounding her but gathers the strength to explain 

"I trained you up how you should go 

Loved you hard, it's clear you know 

But let the songs & wailing cease 

Children let me die in peace" 

[Chorus] 

Just let me die alone 

Just let me die alone 

Please let me die alone 

Just let me die alone