I had just turned sixteen, when I learned how to drive
My whole life in front of me, I had nothing but time
With the open road and a tank of gas, I had one place to go
Down the Willow Drive, to see the purest soul
Right about now, it's been three years since Grandma's been alone
She needs me now, more than she ever did, since Grandpa's down the road
So, I pull on into her driveway and she's waiting at the door
With a smile across her face, that I had never seen before
And she said
"Come on in and sit on down, I'm fryin' this chicken until it's nice and brown"
"And wait 'til I tell you about the things I found out about my neighbor, too"
"She is a baptist, small town, gossip queen", and she'd tell it all to me
Sunday lunch with Grandma, making memories
I was eighteen, when I moved off to school, and Grandma was sad
We had made a routine full of love and food, every weekend that had passed
On the Sundays that I couldn't come home, she'd call me, every time
With a brand new story 'bout the folks at church, and how they'd always sing too high
And she'd say, "Honey, I hate to bother you, but this damn, TV remote"
"Can you tell me how to fix it, please, and then I'll let you go?"
So, I laugh and tell her what she needs, it was our running joke
And I'd say, "Grandma, when I come home, I will see if it is broke"
And she'd say
"Come on in and sit on down, I'm fryin' this chicken, until it's nice and brown"
"And wait 'til I tell you about the things, I found out about my neighbor, too"
"She is a baptist, small-town, gossip queen", and she'd tell it all to me
Sunday lunch with Grandma, making memories
I graduated school when I was twenty-two, and she was proud as could be
I had a girl I would marry, 'til our love grew wary, and one day, she'd up and leave
And I cried a river of tears, and my grandma cried, too
'Cause she knew how much it hurt me, and that hurt her, too
And she said, "I won't always be around, but don't ever let another woman bring you down"
"Baby, please never forget your worth, no woman on Earth could know"
"Just how good you are, with a heart of gold, you're a man of some girl's dreams"
"But until the day she finds you, you come and grab a bite to eat"
"So won't you"
"Come on in and sit on down? I'm fryin' this chicken until it's nice and brown"
"And wait 'til I tell you about the things I found out about heaven"
"There's so much here to show you, I know you can't wait anymore!"
I miss Sunday lunches with Grandma, but now she's cooking for the Lord
"Hey, Cord, how you doing, baby? I just called to say I love you"
"And thank you for the supper last night, I love you, talk to you later"
"Don't work too hard... bye, baby"