Intro
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[Verso 1]
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Catherines boyfriend played saxophone
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Catherine wanted a flute
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There was one in the window of the music store
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That happened to be a real beaut
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But Mummy couldnt afford it
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This much Catherine knew
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Still, she stood there a few minutes dreaming
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Knowing it wouldnt come true
[Verso 2]
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Christmas time was coming
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And Catherine had the blues
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Her Mummy asked her what she wanted
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Catherine didnt tell the truth
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She knew there wasnt the money
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Not even for one to rent
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The only thing Catherine really wanted
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Was to play an instrument
[Verso 3]
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Catherine cried for a month in her bedroom
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When she had to quit the school band
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The woman who lives in the holler
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Heard about this secondhand
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And the goodness gathered within her
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And fluttered like butterflies
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She in a vision released them
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And she watched them take to the skies
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[Verso 4]
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And on a very cold night in December
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Maybe the coldest night of the year
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The woman who lives in the holler
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Cried a few secret tears
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For the last few moments of glory
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And the glories that had all been before
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And the times it had been there to rescue her
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She set her flute down by the door
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[Verso 5]
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People, they whisper about her
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The locals say shes a witch
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Though shed be the first to come help them
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If they ended up stuck in a ditch
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Those candles she lights at her altar
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They burn as a gesture of love
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The kind they talk about in the churches
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Yet they know so little of
[Verso 6]
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It was one day just after Christmas
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And Catherine wore her new hat
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Her mom brought her out to the holler
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The woman was there with her cats
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Catherine had no idea
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But maybe someday she would
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That what she would soon be receiving
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Was being given for a greater good
[Refrão]
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So heres to the future of music.
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And heres to the power of song
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And heres a toast to the woman in the holler
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For passing these things along
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[Verso 7]
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The case it was covered with stickers
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And words that this woman had scrawled
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From the magic places shed been to
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Trinkets from her own Mardi Gras
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And it all meant nothing to Catherine
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It wasnt her story to tell
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Shell have her own words and stickers
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Should she ever fall under the spell
[Verso 8]
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So its Catherines turn now to hold her
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Heres hoping shell learn how to play
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Maybe shell drop by the holler
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To visit this woman some day
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Maybe shell come with her boyfriend
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The one who plays saxophone
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Maybe theyll play for the woman
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A few things they made up on their own
[Refrão]
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So heres to the sweet gift of music
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Heres to the power of song
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Here's a toast to the woman in the holler
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For passing these things along
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