[Verse 1] Aunt Millie wore her purple coat To the Thursday bingo hall She said it made her lucky Though the sleeves were getting small She took one card and one blue marker Sat beneath the clock at nine I was there to drive her home And pass the time between the lines [Pre-Chorus] She touched my wrist and said, be still I think I've got a corner filled [Chorus] Aunt Millie's bingo win Forty dollars and a grin She held that little card up high Like she'd finally caught a summer sky We bought a pie and tulip bulbs And left two dollars in the tin Aunt Millie's bingo win Was just enough to do it all again [Verse 2] The clerk counted out the money While she checked it once for fun She said, my yard has room for color Now that winter's nearly done At the nursery she chose yellow Though her coat was royal blue I dug the holes beneath her window While she told me where they'd bloom [Chorus] Aunt Millie's bingo win Forty dollars and a grin She held that little card up high Like she'd finally caught a summer sky We bought a pie and tulip bulbs And left two dollars in the tin Aunt Millie's bingo win Was just enough to do it all again [Instrumental - fiddle and piano, eight bars] [Bridge] The flowers came up in April Every neighbor stopped to look She kept the winning card inside Her well-worn garden notebook [Final Chorus] Aunt Millie's bingo win Forty dollars and a grin Now the yellow tulips wave Beside the porch she loves to paint We ate the pie and planted bulbs And left two dollars in the tin Aunt Millie's bingo win Was just enough to do it all again [Outro] This Thursday she wore purple And let me choose the card.
