La petite mort

Estelle, I was your husband Third in a group of three Well now, you twice the widowed I once did see A wedding bed like no other For it's turned to a funeral grave Truth is temperance and happiness warns Signposts on the road that is paved When the decent folks dance that two step revival Denial, deviation, temptation and trial Estelle, oh Estelle, what you loved you gave away Jesus says we die a little death for him every day Dot turned tricks upon the spoons Played piano with the other hand You the kid who liked life so much Look up, it's your wedding band Well the minister spoke, and the vows we took At that moment you were mine A falling took place afterward An explanation would take more time When the decent folks dance that two step revival Denial, deviation, temptation and trial Estelle, oh Estelle, what you loved you gave away Now, Jesus says we die a little death for him everyday Estelle, I took you home that night My wife above the common-law Laid it up like we always do In the hammock of our backyard Swinging like a rocking horse Cannonballing down a track We both found heaven right then You just chose not to come back But when the decent folks dance that two step revival Denial, deviation, temptation and trial Estelle, oh Estelle, oh Estelle, what you loved you gave away Jesus says we die a little Jesus says we die a little Jesus says we die a little death for him everyday