#acousticonetake #guitar #tanyatucker #tribute

Listening to the beautiful Dolly tribute song that @val wrote (https://fawm.org/songs/333798) I remembered that I'd written a Tanya Tucker tribute lyric after Val told me her friends used to call her Delta. The rest of the character is made up. I found the 2023 draft of the lyric, added the Glen Campbell verse and tweaked the chorus and some other bits and decided to sing it.

Tanya I Couldn't Wait to Be You

Now, and then my old friends, still call me Delta Cause I was always singing Delta Dawn On the playground, on the farm I’d go on and on and on Cause Tanya, I couldn’t wait to be you

I guaranteed I would get to play the Opry Cause look at you, you were just a kid I devoured all you did The Banner made the most of it So Tanya, I couldn’t wait to be you

I couldn’t wait to kiss I couldn’t stand to miss The life you lived in pictures in my magazines

I imagined loving on Glen Campbell Being the one gentle on his mind I didn’t wonder did you find Most of those men were mostly kind No, Tanya, I couldn’t wait to be you

I couldn’t wait to kiss I couldn’t stand to miss The life you lived in pictures in magazines

Last month, I watched your movie on a jet plane Girl, I'm glad to see you get your due Sorry for all you went through Feels like I should tell you I'm just as glad those dreams of mine fell through

Tanya, I couldn't wait to be you I’m so glad I had to wait to be you But back then, Tanya, I couldn't wait to be you