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 mem'ry, 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.



Chorus:

Singing 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.



Meanwhile back inside her room the shades 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.



Then 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

Mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all?...