Virginia

Read the words
They're written for me
Close the casket on this story
And take one last look around the house
The one who told me myths and fables
Now just a body on the table
Burned and buried in the ground

Virginia, tell stories like you do
Tell the one about New Jersey
How he bought that ring for you
Virginia, every year I've been alive
This holiday's the first we'll spend at home
And I'm sure she doesn't want to be alone

Past transgressions are forgiven
Room had filled with older women
Once marked as weak, now proven strong
Take a moment and look around me
Kneeling quiet with my family
'Cause one day all this will be gone

Virginia, tell stories like you do
Tell the one about New Jersey
How he bought that ring for you
Virginia, every year I've been alive
This holiday's the first we'll spend at home
And I'm sure she doesn't want to be alone