calls the priest
thinks she's dyin
get that nurse released
don't seem he's tryin anymore
chain smokin them parliaments out on her front porch
lucid lucy our lady of lourdes
she's so old<
no one remembers
her family celebrates her
every december
always on a sunday
when they close the dry goods store
lucid lucy our lady of lourdes
her folks were gone
there are no photos
she's on the moriphine
it's a low dose
still recalls a hairlip scar
her momma once bore
lucid lucy our lady of lourdes
she lost her husband
his name was thomas
she always loved him 'cause he always kept his promise
but he never vowed a confounded thing
once he left this world
lucid lucy our lady of lourdes
out behind the cottage
there used to be a barn
they once housed sheep
she used to spin the yarn
now there's a wheel and a kiln
on the killing floor
lucid lucy our lady of lourdes
ask her why
she wasn't catholic
she'll say she tried
just too empathic
see i feel when the spirit says yield
and it's not about words
lucid lucy our lady of lourdes
she's lucid lucy our lady of lourdes