Aw Pearl, why’d you have to go and die?
I heard Dorothy say how she hurt and Seth
was angry how they used you to make money

They died years ago, I know, and they’re at peace
or not, how would I know, Pearl?

How would I know Pearl, you died
2 months to the day before I was born
drowned in all the best Southern Comforts?

So tell me Pearl, Why did you have to die
and leave me here singing your songs
in the middle of the night?