D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Dottie West · Feminine Fancy [RCA Victor] [1968]

(Bobby Braddock - Curly Putman)



Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man

So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand

Like t-o-y or maybe s-u-r-p-r-i-s-e

But the words we're hiding from him now tear the heart right out of me.



Our d-i-v-o-r-c-e becomes final today

Me and little J-o-e will be going away

I love you both and this will be pure h-e double L for me

How I wish that we could stop this d-i-v-o-r-c-e.



Watch him smile he thinks it's Christmas or his fifth birthday

And he thinks c-u-s-t-o-d-y spells fun or play

I spell out all the hurtin' words and turn my head when I speak

'Cause I can't spell away this hurt that's rolling down my cheeks.



Our d-i-v-o-r-c-e becomes final today

Me and little J-o-e will be going away

I love you both and this will be pure h-e double L for me

How I wish that we could stop this d-i-v-o-r-c-e...