Where Beauty Lives In Memory - Dolly Parton

She stands before the mirror

Smiles at her reflection

Striking sexy poses in the glass

She paints her lips a brilliant red

Piles her hair high on her head

Struggles to replace a false eyelash

She powders up her face

Paints her cheeks to match her lips

She wears a dress cut low in the front

Fittin' tight around her hips

And there inside her room

She stands and gazes at herself

Where beauty lives in memory

She lives in fairy tales

Chorus:

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Who's the fairest of them all

She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor

She keeps a candle burning

And she waits for his returning

When beauty lives in memory

It lives forevermore

She was a fairy princess once

And was by all adored

They say she was the fairest of them all

They called her Cinderella

And they say that every fella

Would gladly answer to her beck and call

So the story went

They tell of how this handsome prince

Stole her heart and wandered far away

He took her heart and took her mind

Now she has lost all track of time

Forty years has passed and still she waits singing

Repeat Chorus

Meanwhile back inside her room

The shads are pulled it's half past noon

But in her mind why it's forty years ago

She recalls the beauty of their love

She remembers he was beautiful

And of course she always knew she was

And so the past unfolds

And all at once inside her mind

She sees him at the door

And as he's leading her away

She feels the room begin to sway

Where beauty lives in memory

She falls dead upon the floor

Repeat Chorus