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Backstory:

My co-writer's mother started suffering from dementia.  We wrote this about her.   Her mother has since passed away at 96 years old.  This song was pitched to Debbie Campbell.                                                              

Lyrics:

                                                  
THE BELLE IN BEDROOM SLIPPERS
        C2011 Janet Goodman and Karel Daniels
                    janetgoodman@bellsouth.net 305-297-5695
                    kdlyriclady@aol.com 305-835-0594

Skin as smooth as porcelain
White hair combed up in curls
Men still call her beautiful
She still giggles like a girl
But she's walkin' slower, half stooped over, since I saw her last
Strugglin' in the present and peaceful in her past

Chorus
The belle in bedroom slippers shuffles down the hall
In her mind the music starts for dancers at a ball
Champagne toasts and satin gowns
Being swept up in the crowd
She remembers like a dreamer
When life was so much sweeter
She's the belle in bedroom slippers at the ball

People say back in the day
Boys followed her around
Askin' her for one more waltz
She never turned them down
Nurses take her hand and lead her back to her room most every night
Then she's off again searching for silver dance floor lights

Chorus

Bridge
She's ninety two - Thinkin' she's nineteen
Would it hurt to bend the rules just once and let her dance with me?

Chorus

She's the belle in bedroom slippers at the ball
At the ball