[Verse 1]
Dolly had a voice like rain
On a porch in July
She could turn a broken heart
Into a sweet goodbye
Bare feet on a kitchen floor
A hymn in the air
Every room she walked into
Held a little more care
[Pre-Chorus]
And the radios leaned in close
When she started to sing
Like a blue sky cracked wide open
Right before spring
[Chorus]
Dolly, Dolly
You left us your songs
Dolly, Dolly
Still singing along
The world got quiet
The day you were gone
But your beautiful music
Still carries us on
[Verse 2]
She wrote gold out of hard days
From dust and from tears
Made a little love sound bigger
Than all of our fears
Then one sudden morning
The phone started to ring
And every front porch in this town
Stopped hearing a thing
[Pre-Chorus]
We held our breath in the doorways
Staring at the sky
Like the whole wide world had paused
Just to ask why
[Chorus]
Dolly, Dolly
You left us your songs
Dolly, Dolly
Still singing along
The world got quiet
The day you were gone
But your beautiful music
Still carries us on
[Bridge]
Now the church bells are gentle
The fields are still green
And your name is a ribbon
Through every memory
If heaven has a porch light
I know it shines bright
'Cause you brought so much honey
To the dark of our nights
[Final Chorus]
Dolly, Dolly
You left us your songs
Dolly, Dolly
Still singing along
The world got quiet
The day you were gone
But your beautiful music
Still carries us on
Dolly, Dolly
We sing you back home