There's a little green house off a gravel road

'Bout a mile from Bobby Freeman's farm

Mary Jo runs her own little flower shop

Courtesy of the old red barn

My mama's mama's lifelong friend, Jo

Didn't like the people of town

Four kids and wildflowers and calla lilies

Jo'd rather have them around

Got me a letter, said

"You gotta come home

I'm feeling a little bit low

It's lilac season and I need some help

Keeping my garden grown

Signed, Mary Jo"

So many questions answered

When I spent that summer with Jo

Lavender pillows and weeping willows

Things I would never have known

'Til Mary Jo

We collected bouquets and made lemonade

Mixed rose water perfume

Jo started giving and I started living

Under the pale blue moon

Sang to Jo's records and Sweet Home Kentucky

Watching her garden grow

Says I'm smart and always was lucky

Now I'll never really know

XO, Mary Jo

So many questions answered

When I spent that summer with Jo

Lavender pillows and weeping willows

Things I would never have known

'Til Mary Jo

Summer started packing its bags

And Mary Jo had something on her mind

Cleared her throat and swallowed real hard

And said "My voice seems to be in a bind

But when I wrote that letter I was really sick

The doctor said I was gonna go

Then you came home and it seems to be gone

You made something in that garden grow

But we'll never know"

Said Mary Jo

So many questions answered

When I spent that summer with Jo

Lavender pillows and weeping willows

Things I would never have known

'Til Mary Jo