Dear Miss Loretta (Live From Music City)

[Intro]

Send me a voice text telling me that she loved this song, so I feel like that's a win

And Miss Patty Loveless came and sang this with me on my record

So Miss Loretta, here's your song

[Verse 1]

Dear Miss Loretta, I ain't ever met you

But I'm lonely tonight and I just bet you

Might have some wisdom to pull off that shelf

Your songs were all fun 'til I lived them myself

[Chorus]

I ain't a coal miner's daughter, but my grandmother was

Must be whiskey in the water, must be bourbon in the blood

I'm a long way from Kentucky, but the hurting's the same

And now I know why you sang that way

[Verse 2]

Oh, what ended up tough started out broken

What ended up lost started out hopin'

A lifetime of pain was three minutes long

And you weren't ashamed when the world sang along, no

[Chorus]

I ain't a coal miner's daughter, but my grandmother was

Must be whiskey in the water, must be bourbon in the blood

I'm a long way from Kentucky, but the hurting's the same

And now I know why you sang that way

[Verse 3]

Dear Miss Loretta, we both grew up too fast

And I wish you could tell me how you made it last

[Chorus]

I ain't a coal miner's daughter, but I've sung it all my life

I ain't been a widow, but I've been an ex-wife

And I hear your truth and I feel your pain

And now I know why you sang that way

Yeah, I know why you sang that way

[Outro]

I love you, Loretta