Where Beauty Lives In Memory Lyrics - Dolly Parton

She stands before the mirror 

Smiles at her reflection 

Striking sexy poses in the glass 

She paints her lips a brilliant red 

Piles her hair high on her head 

Struggles to replace a false eyelash 

She powders up her face 

Paints her cheeks to match her lips 

She wears a dress cut low in the front 

Fittin' tight around her hips 

And there inside her room 

She stands and gazes at herself 

Where beauty lives in memory 

She lives in fairy tales 

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Mirror, mirror on the wall 

Who's the fairest of them all 

She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor 

She keeps a candle burning 

And she waits for his returning 

When beauty lives in memory 

It lives forevermore 

She was a fairy princess once 

And was by all adored 

They say she was the fairest of them all 

They called her Cinderella 

And they say that every fella 

Would gladly answer to her beck and call 

So the story went 

They tell of how this handsome prince 

Stole her heart and wandered far away 

He took her heart and took her mind 

Now she has lost all track of time 

Forty years has passed and still she waits singing 

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Repeat Chorus 

Meanwhile back inside her room 

The shads are pulled it's half past noon 

But in her mind why it's forty years ago 

She recalls the beauty of their love 

She remembers he was beautiful 

And of course she always knew she was 

And so the past unfolds 

And all at once inside her mind 

She sees him at the door 

And as he's leading her away 

She feels the room begin to sway 

Where beauty lives in memory 

She falls dead upon the floor 

Repeat Chorus