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Dolly Parton sang about a fractured family in what is believed to be the country music icon’s final recorded song before her death in August.
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what → sing → August
The late singer collaborated with U2 frontman Bono for a heartfelt ballad titled “Torn,” featured on the Irish rock band’s 16th studio album, “Carnaval De Luz.”
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singer → collaborate → album
The track includes lyrics about a “family at war,” and has been described as Parton’s “last prayer” for America.
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track → include → America
The pair, in the chorus, sang together, “Torn apart these loving hearts / That beat and break the same / We share a house divided / And the blood that fills our veins.
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that → sing → veins
“Brothers turn to strangers / And sons deny their name,” they continued.
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they → turn → name
“Somebody loses either way / And every heart is torn.”
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heart → lose → ?
Parton added in the second verse, “Are you your brother’s keeper now?
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you → add → verse
Or know what you’re fighting for?
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you → know → what
/ Nothing hurts a mother more than a family at war.”
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Nothing → hurt → war
The “Jolene” hitmaker recorded her vocals for the song in June, just two months before she passed away on Aug. 25 following a secret battle with cancer.
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she → record → cancer
Speaking to Rolling Stone in September, Bono said the “9 to 5” singer chose to participate in the project despite her health woes.
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singer → speak → woes
“When she got ill, she got out of her bed to sing this song.
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she → get → song
And you can hear that.
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you → hear → that
And I can’t even listen to it now,” the rocker admitted.
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rocker → listen → it
“She sang her heart out, and I cannot believe that’s an 80-year-old woman,” he added.
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he → sing → heart
“It’s very moving to have had these intimacies with such a figure.
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It → ’ → figure
The fact that they’re not there now, in any way you can call back, other than through her songs, is very sobering.”
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you → ’re → songs
U2 producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee shared that Parton “loved” the final version of the duet and was “so proud of her vocal.”
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Parton → share → vocal
During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday, Bono revealed the “I Will Always Love You” hitmaker didn’t realize she “was that ill” while working on the song.
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she → reveal → song
“It’s her last prayer in a way,” he said.
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he → ’ → way
“I think it’s for America but anywhere where there is a divided politics.”
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it → think → America
The release comes on the heels of Parton’s manager, Danny Nozell, dismissing his lawsuit against her nephew Bryan Seaver ahead of their courtroom showdown.
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manager → come → showdown
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