IN MY SWEET LITTLE ALICE BLUE GOWN

The play would begin
Where I’d skip, bow and spin

And I waited for daddy to see - to see …
Daddy to see only “Me”
In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown

Momma’ sewed my dress 
To match with the rest 
Girls giggled and primped and squealed 
The sewing machine whirled 
Momma’ measured each girl 
Twelve bodies bloomed ‘blue’ in the room

And I waited for daddy to see - to see …
Daddy to see only “Me”
In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown

The night had arrived
Parents bubbled with pride
As they waited for the musical to begin
They rumbled with chatter
For the ONE thing that mattered
Their child ‘ALIVE’ on a stage!

And I waited for daddy to see - to see …
Daddy to see only “Me”
In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown 

I scanned through the crowd
as I skipped, twirled and bowed
Under our 'forget-me-not’ arbor
Momma’ solo in her chair
NO Daddy there
And the knife took a turn in my belly

And I waited for daddy to see - to see …
Daddy to see only “Me”
In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown 

I stopped dancing on air
My heart drenched in despair 
In my Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown

Tho’ I’d completed the show 
NO one - would ever know 

How I waited for daddy to see - to see …
Daddy to see only “Me”

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