Holly Palmer

Oxblood 2x4s

Holly Palmer


When Elvis Presley died we were curious 
We all knew he was something
If a bit mysterious 

And your mom watched over you sleeping 
Down from the pages of a girlie magazine 

I dragged my paisley suitcase 
Up all those hundred stairs 
She said my Hollyberry's always welcome here 

And your daddy smashed up the Porsche 
And painted the alley with broken oxblood 2x4s for no
reason 

She used to date the king 
They probably did it and everything 
She doesn't walk too well since the stroke
But she can sure tell a dirty joke 

And your mom watched over you sleeping 
Down from the pages of a girlie magazine 
And your daddy smashed up the Porsche
And painted the alley