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Thread #174024   Message #4220983
Posted By: cnd
16-Apr-25 - 09:03 AM
Thread Name: song about a girl named Inola Gay/Enola Gay
Subject: Lyr Add: Enola Gay (Kate McDonnell)
The song Molly is searching for is Enola Gay by Kate McDonnell, from her 1998 album Next (Waterbug WBG 0038) -- listen. Below is my transcription of the song. If you enjoy it, you can buy it for just $1 at the "listen" link.

ENOLA GAY
(Kate McDonnell)

She used to hit me after school some days
She weighed 110, me 68
She hit my cousin and called her names
Her name was Gay -- Enola Gay

My brother gave me for my 12th birthday
A crystal dove on a golden chain
And she smashed it good, now it's got no legs
I burned with tears, but now I'm ok

CHORUS
Enola Gay, Enola Gay
You drop your load and look away
And take no prisoners on that cloudless day
Enola Gay, Enola Gay

What kind of daddy would name his kid that way
Who turned a city into a human grave?
And drank champagne and eats the victory cake?
Imagine a baby buried in all that weight

I went back home just the other day
Saw my foe, Enola Gay
She was a check out clerk at a Safeway
A B-29 faded away

CHORUS

But there is forgiveness and another day
For Lord have mercy on Enola Gay