The Queen of Bainbridge

Verse 1

Late October gold

Falling on the front porch step

We counted five empty chairs tonight

Where your wild garden grows in the sun

Paint peeling on the house on Third Street

Everything feels way too quiet now

Small town holding its breath

Pre-Chorus

The laundry line is swaying empty

Beneath that big Ohio sky

Rose is holding onto the photographs

Trying hard not to let us see her cry

Chorus

Oh Nancy

You were the root and the vine

The kitchen light in the middle of the night

You gave your soul to the five of us

Taught us how to stand and how to trust

Just a red dirt queen of Bainbridge

Building a home out of prayer and dust

We miss you Nancy

Verse 2

Cathy's in the parlor

Straightening every frame you hung

Timmy keeps pacing the hallway rug

Looking for a smile he used to know

Frankie and Glenn stayed out in the yard

Telling stories till the stars came out

Tears rolling down their tired faces

Pre-Chorus

The neighbors brought over some cedar

To keep the winter chill away

The world keeps spinning on without you

Even if we don't know what to say

Chorus

Oh Nancy

You were the root and the vine

The kitchen light in the middle of the night

You gave your soul to the five of us

Taught us how to stand and how to trust

Just a red dirt queen of Bainbridge

Building a home out of prayer and dust

We miss you Nancy

Bridge

Five different hearts

One single name

Nothing in Ohio

Ever feels the same

Rose and Frankie

Cathy and the boys

Timmy and Glenn

Holding your noise

Chorus

Oh Nancy

You were the root and the vine

The kitchen light in the middle of the night

You gave your soul to the five of us

Taught us how to stand and how to trust

Just a red dirt queen of Bainbridge

Building a home out of prayer and dust

We miss you Nancy