Premonition

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Premonition ©2016 Robert George BMI

Well, I parked my pick-up outside Gramma’s nursing home
And the grounds were rocky and the weeds were overgrown
Yet, my Gramma greeted me with laughter and a smile
And we sat and traded fam’ly gossip for a while

She’s a proud old lady but she’s prone to superstition
And I knew she’d tell me of her latest premonition

Sure enough ole Gram got up and closed the door
Then she told me of a vision from the night before
Yeah, she whispered to me of a scarlet flower’s birth
And related how that rose would spring from sour earth

When I left I headed toward the river for some fishin’
And I didn’t give a second thought to Gramma’s premonition

One mile down the highway and my smoky truck broke down
So I hoofed it to a Chevron just outside of town
Well, it cost a fortune for that place to tow my truck
On a whim I bought a Powerball and won a million bucks

And if anything could prove a superstition
My big windfall seemed to blow from Gramma’s premonition

Well, I made the most of my good luck,
Bought some land, a house and brand new truck
It was like a flower blossomed from a stone
Then it slowly started goin’ bad,
Friends I never knew I had
Showed up lookin’ for a loan

I started drinkin’ cos that money robbed me of ambition
And before too long I cursed my Gramma’s premonition

So I gave the rest to local Christian charities
And I told ‘em they could use it as they pleased
Next time I saw Gramma we were sittin’ in her room
Right outside her window blushin’ roses were in bloom

Now her rest home’s got a garden just like in her vision
Cos a church group came and planted Gramma’s premonition