Dallas Youth Auxiliary
Me,
My sisters Ruth and Bethany
Are the Dallas Youth Auxiliary
Quote: "Founded when Catholics wouldn't dream of your job"¦"
That's the slogan our Daddy
Suggested for the welcome poster
He tore in two
Then he locked us in the garden shed
Said, "Come out when you're not communists!"
Quote: "At least you're not all lesbians like that Quaker next door."
Ruth said: "How could we be?
When Nixon is the Dick for us three"¦"
He let us out!
We stole his keys
After Bethany
Took a shovel to his knees
Quote: "Take the wheel, I'll hit the gas "“ off to the New Frontier"¦"
We left Daddy crawling
Across the front lawn - in our side-view mirror
Was the paperboy running mad, calling out, screaming out for a ride
And we're taking off
While you're touching down, down, down
Hearts and flags a flutter
Thighs "˜ll turn to butter
at Love Field
We jumped the curb of the parking lot
Ran to the tarmac, cut through the mob
Quote: "Peel that old bag from the fence, she's not long for this world!"
And there was your smile,
like a gift behind the birthday wrapping
You took our hands
And our saddle shoes left the ground
Young debutantes over the crowd
Horn-rimmed glasses turned reflecting
On a thousand days of waiting
Teenage hearts in palpitation
Coming down from expectation
Cigarettes all "˜round
Then the blue rinse in the floral dress
Tore us off the chain link fence
Shook hands with the President, her fist full of our hair
On tip-toes and waving
Quote: "We hope your stay is breath-taking!"
It sure was for
Me
My sisters Ruth and Bethany
Of the Dallas Youth Auxiliary
Quote: "Founded when misery couldn't hold down a job."
Returned to the car to find
Behind a crutch pointed like a rifle,
Our daddy saying,
"Gotcha, girls"¦
I gotcha girls"¦
I gotcha girls"¦
I gotcha girls"¦
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