"Do you know how beautiful you are here in the afterglow... Do you know how much it means to me / The way you make me feel / Like I could soar the heavens / Gathering shooting stars / Place them in a bouquet / In a rainbow-studded jar." Sounds like the stuff sappy love songs of the '80s were made of. Trouble is, it's 2008 -- and the song is a duet between Jessica Simpson and...Dolly Parton?
The lyrics to the song were leaked online in anticipation of Simpson's debut country album Do You Know? in stores now. And the blogs immediately went nuts, some suggesting the two buxom blonds had found their own "island in the stream," and ladies' sites like AfterEllen.com and LesbiaNation.com are wondering when Parton suddenly became so open to addressing those rumors.
The duet is perhaps an even bigger surprise considering the Kennedy Center Honors disaster back in 2006 -- when Simpson botched the lyrics to "9 to 5" -- twice -- while paying tribute to Parton. Simpson later told E! News that Parton talked her back from the brink of retirement after that flub.
Guess we know how Simpson likes to show her appreciation.
What do you think? Awkward, or only if you read too much into things? Let us know with your comments.
