Intro
Goodbye Dolly
Verse 1
The News Came Soft, But It Hit Like A Wave.
Took The Breath From The World And The Words I Couldn't Save.
You Lived A Life So Full It Barely Fit Inside These Years.
From The Mountains Of Tennessee To The Stage And The Tears.
You Sang A Coat Of Many Colors And The Love That Never Fades,
Turn Hard Times Into An Anthem The World Still Plays.
Verse 2
A Little Girl With Big Dreams Who Never Once Looked Down.
Built A Kingdom Out Of Rhinestones And A Heart That Wore A Crown.
Chorus
Goodbye Dolly. Though The Words Feel Hard To Say,
Heaven Gave A Legend On This Quiet August Day.
Goodbye Dolly. Rest Easy At Last.
The Songs You Left Behind Us Will Never Be The Past.
You Gave Us Joy And Honesty And Strength We Didn't Know.
Now The Stage Is A Little Darker And The Lights Are Burning Low.
Goodbye, Goodbye Dolly
Verse 3
You Wrote The Songs That Held Us When The Nights Got Long And Cold.
Told Us It Was Okay To Be Soft And Still Be Bold.
From Jolene To 9 To 5, And The Ones That Made Us Cry,
You Put The Truth Inside The Melody And Never Told A Lie.
You Loved Your Carl For Decades, Kept That Promise Pure And True.
And When He Left Last Year, It Broke A Piece Of You.
Still You Kept On Giving, Still You Kept On Shining Bright,
Until The Final Curtain Fell On This Quiet Summer Night.
I Keep Hearing All The Laughter That You Left Inside The Air,
The Way You Made The Broken Feel Like Someone Still Could Care.
You Opened Doors For Dreamers And You Never Asked For Praises,
Kept On Planting Seeds Of Hope In A Thousand Different Ways.
The Books You Sent To Children, The Light You Poured On Every Stage,
The Way You Made The Ordinary Feel Like Something We Could Save.
80 Years Of Living And Still It Feels Too Soon,
Like The Music Stopped Before The Final Verse Was Through.
Chorus
Goodbye Dolly. Though The Words Feel Hard To Say,
Heaven Gave A Legend On This Quiet August Day.
Goodbye Dolly. Rest Easy Now At Last.
The Songs You Left Behind Us Will Never Be The Past.
You Gave Us Joy And Honesty And Strength We Didn't Know.
Now The Stage Is A Little Darker And The Lights Are Burning Low.
Goodbye, Goodbye Dolly
Verse 4
I Hope The Quiet Finds You Gentle.
I Hope The Pain Has Finally Ceased.
I Hope You’re Somewhere Singing Where The Weary Find Their Peace.
You Gave More Than Most Will Ever Give.
You Loved More Than Most Will Ever Show.
And Even Though The Final Note Is Falling, Your Music Still Will Grow.
Young Girls With Big Dreams Will Still Be Listening To Your Sound,
Finding Courage In The Way You Stood Your Sacred Ground.
The World Feels A Little Quieter, A Little Less Complete,
Without The Voice That Taught Us How To Rise Above Defeat.
So We’ll Keep Your Songs Playing When The Nights Get Far Too Long,
And Hope That Somewhere Far Above You're Singing Your Own Song.
Goodbye Is Just A Word We Say When The Living Still Remain,
But The Love You Left Behind Us Will Never Know That Name.
Chorus
Goodbye Dolly. Though The Words Feel Hard To Say,
Heaven Gave A Legend On This Quiet August Day.
Goodbye Dolly. Rest Easy Now At Last.
The Songs You Left Behind Us Will Never Be The Past.
You Gave Us Joy And Honesty And Strength We Didn't Know.
Now The Stage Is A Little Darker And The Lights Are Burning Low.
Goodbye, Goodbye Goodbye Dolly, Yeah, Rest Easy Now.
You Lived Enough For All Of Us. Goodbye, Dolly.
