Dolly Parton’s Last Recorded Song Released: Listen to Her Passionate Performance on U2’s ‘Torn’

Dolly Parton‘s last words have arrived. The iconic singer’s last recorded vocals have been released on “Torn,” the final track on U2‘s just-released album “Carnaval de Luz.” On the song, Parton and Bono sing about what seems to be a metaphor for our country’s politically divided landscape, with Parton at one point delivering, “Nothing hurts a mother more than a family at war.” Parton died of cancer on Aug. 25 at 80 years old. Listen to “Torn” and read the lyrics below. I can’t deny this passion and desireBut I know it has to burn me standing this close to the fireWhat am I supposed to do? And how am I supposed to choose?I love ’em both and I just feel so tornI love ’em both and I just feel so torn The glass that frames the picture cracked like iceThe photograph remembers all that we now denyWhen halfway seems too far to meet, and across the table too hard to reachApples falling from the same tree can roll Torn apart these loving heartsThat beat and break the sameWe share a house dividedAnd the blood that fills our veinsBrothers turn to strangersAnd sons deny their nameSomebody loses either wayAnd every heart is torn Ah, ohAh, ohTorn, torn, torn, torn (Torn, torn)Every heart is torn Hands that used to hold you clenched in fistsWords that used to soothe you cut you into bitsAre you your brother’s keeper now? Or know what you’re fighting for?Nothing hurts a mother more than a family at war Torn apart these loving heartsThat beat and break the sameWe share a house dividedAnd the blood that fills our veinsWhen brothers turn to strangersAnd can’t feel each other’s painSomebody loses either wayAnd every heart is torn Mm-mm, ah, ohTorn (Torn), torn (Torn), torn (Torn), torn (Torn)Every heart is tornHey, na-na-na-na (Oh)Yeah (Every heart is torn)Torn (Torn), torn (Torn)Every heart is tornMm-mm