• A dream gave Dolly Parton the idea for her newest song.
• Dolly released her new song in honour of her 77th birthday.
• She also shared a video on Instagram explaining the song’s unusual origins.

On Thursday, January 23, the country music icon released her new song, “Don’t Make Me Have to Come Down There,” in honour of her 77th birthday.

She also shared a video on Instagram explaining the song’s unusual origins, explaining she had the idea while she was asleep in a dream, which was so unexpected it woke her up.

In the video posted online, she said: “Today is my birthday … I’ve got a song that I’m dropping today on my birthday. It’s a song that came to me in a dream and I felt like it was worth putting out there. Something special – well, it’s special to me.

“I had a dream about God standing on a mountain looking down on us saying ‘Don’t make me come have to down there’.

“And then it woke me up, I got up, I started writing this song over a period of weeks, months. I finished it as things would come to me, and I just felt like I should drop it on my birthday. So, I hope you enjoy it.”

Dolly talks in the song about having a dream in which she saw her God standing atop a mountain, fretting as he looked down.

She sings: “Last night I had a dream about God/He was standing on a mountain top/Looking down, around in such dismay,” she sings.

“And in my dream I heard him say/Don’t make me have to come down there/My children, you had best beware/If you don’t pay attention, consequences will be dire/Don’t make me have to come down there.”

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