Mrs. Gonzalez Is Dead

Then the heart attack came She wasn't expecting it It was a heart attack Blood clot in a bright blue vein With her bible There on paperback Your eyes They would've told you otherwise Cause when they checked her pulse It was gone, but she was blinking Her eyes They would've told you otherwise The pulse was gone But she was still thinking Mrs. Gonzalez Havana sends her regards We're having your daughter's schoolchildren Write crayon condolence cards Mrs. Gonzalez Is the bodybag too tight for you? You clutched that bible so hard They couldn't pry the thing away from you Then the ambulance came With flashing lights The neighbors hated it They were told they had to move their cars The paramedics parked The neighbors hated it Your eyes They would've told you otherwise Cause when they defibrillated her It looked like she was dancing Your eyes They would've told you otherwise Cause when they performed CPR It looked like she was kissing back Rosa González What'll we do without you? How will the world revolve Without you there to sit and judge it? Rosa Gonzales What do you want buried with you? You never wrote it down We'll put in everything, just to be safe Your eyes They would've told you otherwise But in that casket you'd've sworn You saw her stomach rumbling Your eyes They would've told you otherwise But when they sang the hymn for her You saw her cold lips mouthing Mrs. Gonzalez Havana sends her regards We're having your daughter's schoolchildren Write crayon condolence cards Mrs. Gonzalez Is the bodybag too tight for you? How would you feel Knowing 97 people mourn for you Is the bodybag too tight? Is the bodybag too tight? Is the bodybag too tight? Is the bodybag too tight? Is the bodybag too tight? Is the bodybag too tight?