oh Dolly why

Oh Dolly... why'd you have to go?

You left your boots by the stage door light

A quiet shadow in the southern night

Now the Grand Ole Opry feels a little cold

Singing stories that will never grow old

(we miss you) Oh Dolly why,

oh Dolly why Did you have to take your songs up to

the sky? (Dolly why) With your golden voice and your silver hair

Now we're singing to the empty air

The vinyl spins but it skips your name

This old guitar doesn't play the same

You're riding high on a cloud of gold

Leaving us down here in the bitter cold

Oh Dolly why,

oh Dolly why Did you have to take your songs up to

the sky? (Dolly why) With your golden voice and your silver hair

Now we're singing to the empty air

Oh Dolly P... (where'd you go?)