"she plays the piano" lyrics

Well, she can't remember her own name
But where she's going, she won't need it
Her kids come to visit every Saturday
With some flowers and a card, but she can't read it

There's a piano in the common room just for the afternoons
Where a skinny guy named Larry comes to play them all some tunes
And every week, he closes with Amazing Grace, and she just waits

So she can play all those years away
Could be Paris in the fall or Oklahoma in May
She don't need all those memories
'Cause the piano knows the girl, and the girl still knows the keys
No one knows where she goes, but who she was is dancing in the shadows
She's right there when she plays the piano

She don't stare at the TV like everyone else
In her head, it's like a movie, but she keeps it to herself
It's probably magnolias and kids out on the swing
She's smiling at them out the window, standing at the kitchen sink

Before time drew those laugh lines and wisdom on her face
Before life played some minor chords and took her love away
He held her pretty hand and said he'd meet her at the gates
So she just waits

So she can play all those years away
It could be Paris in the fall or Oklahoma in May
She don't need all those memories
'Cause the piano knows the girl, and the girl still knows the keys
No one knows where she goes, but who she was is dancing the shadows
She's right there when she plays the piano

Well, I lost track of time and missed my cigarette break
I was supposed to put the chairs away
But I just listened to her play

She plays all those years away
Could be Paris in the fall or Oklahoma in May
And she don't need all those memories
'Cause the piano knows the girl, and the girl still knows the keys
No one knows where she goes, but who she was is dancing the shadows
She's right there when she plays the piano