Dear Patti

Patti, I didn't get to hear you play

I was making sure my kids didn't fall in the lake

I was trying to make myself so small

In that space, I had no place being at all

Out by the national semis, I was

On tiptoes, spying on your long grey hair

The back of your head as powerful as your face

Your hands, two mouths

Maybe I should've gone up to you

But what would've been my proof?

The pyramid, such a steep shape to climb

When you know your rank

And you've got your file

So you just stay in line

Dreaming of getting higher

Only two women on the stage that day

Only two women, anyway, on any day

Only two women on the stage that day

Still, Patti, I didn't get to hear you play

Patti, I didn't get to hear you play

I was making sure my kids didn't fall in the lake

I was trying to make myself so small

In that space, I had no place being at all

It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault

Patti, I didn't get to hear you play

Patti, I didn't get to hear you play

Patti, I didn't get to hear you play

Patti, I didn't get to hear you play