Norma Jean Shirt Lyrics:
Last night I was goin' to the closet and on the
rack with my dresses I found the shirt he'd worn
when he held me in his arms for the very last time
The shirt I knew that he'd never wear again As I
took it from the rack all my dreams came racin'
back The faint perfume of sweet love filled the
night I could see his face again he kissed my lips
as then And I almost felt his arms around me tight
A shirt that even the Gods must envy For its arms
once encircled the dream that only heaven can
bring Inside this shirt had beaten the most
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wonderful heart in the whole wide world And
forever each thread shall remind me of him I
turned down a rolled up sleeve and I scaresly
could believe When I looked and saw a strand of my
own hair It was clinging like a vine to the shirt
he left behind As if to let him know that I still
care I walked to the window sill and my eyes began
to fill And I thought I heard the soft wind call
his name And the shirt across my arm grew
strangely soft and warm As if I'd reached and held
it to a flame And there I stood hearing only the
beat of my own aching heart Lost in the dreams
that might have been And the shirt seemed as
sorrowful as I and just as empty body and soul
Lyrics: Shirt, Norma Jean [end]