Rubber Band Gun

She is a mother who gave me a father
Her name is norma jean
Bill was a deacon after he quit drinking
He married her when she was sixteen
He moved her out west when the greatest depression
Chased them, they escaped by the skin of their teeth
I watched him adore her, do everything for her
He carried her purse, and he watched her sleep

64 times they circled sun til he shot off the earth
Like a rubber band gun
Her soul folded up like a thin paper plane
Waiting for takeoff to see him again
The man of her dreams, the man in her dreams

I’m a granddaughter who lost my grandfather
My name is lindsay ann
Meaningless moments turn into memories
He picked me up from school in a mercury sedan
What I’ll most miss is the forehead kisses
Cause I grew up taller than my family tree
He left me a lesson that kindness is best you can
Survive a hard life with no enemies

32 times we circled the sun til he shot off the earth
Like a rubber band gun i got
No right to complain, no reason to cry
He told me to relax, let the world go by
The man of my dreams (repeat)
The man in my dreams