Paul Boggs Band - Edith’s Coming Home

Edith’s Coming Home
Words & Music Paula Boggs
Copyrighted 2012


VERSE 1

May, she always wore the month of May.
Now, trapped in a sequined mind she greets September.
Hudson breeze confronts the reaper’s squeeze, While Edithʼs children cry bleakly for her “hello.” Sapped of her steady gaze, flickering lids seem dazed.
Rocking chair, silver hair, heartbeat still.
Ebony royalty flies to Frankie’s moon.

Chorus
We can’t know the master plan.
Life’s a string of one night stands.
All we know is Edith’s coming home.

VERSE 2

Time, can be a cruel and fickle friend.
Their passion was neon light from Park to Broadway.
Him and she...a pure miscegeny; two lovers playing by only rules of the heart.
Why did he flee so soon?
Leaving his kids, her wounds.
Plowing on, she stayed strong, steady gaze.
Day brings night, Yorktown Heights,
Edithʼs coming home.

Chorus
We can’t know the master plan.
Life’s a string of one night stands.
All we know is Edith’s coming home.

Edith never hedged a bet.
Lived each day with no regret
Now it’s time sweet Edith to come home.
All we know is Edith’s coming home.
All we know is Edith’s coming home.