Dolly Parton’s Secret Song Will Be Released In 2045

Dolly Parton has one last gift ready for her fans ― but they’ll have to wait until 2045 to hear it.

The legendary 9 To 5 singer spoke with HuffPost last year about the secret song she has buried in a time capsule at her beloved Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort.

Unfortunately, we have nearly 20 years until we can all hear it.

“It’s not supposed to be open till I’ll be 100, and which, that’s the day after tomorrow,” she quipped at the time.

“So I’m not supposed to say what it is, and who knows, I may be there to sing it,” the singer said at the time, though she also told HuffPost there’s no chance “they’ll let me dig it up” right now.

Dolly added: “I’ve wanted to say to them a time or two, ‘That song was so good! Can I just put another song in there? Can I dig that one up? Put something else?’. I thought, ‘No, that’s just a deal we made, and we’ll see’.”

“Some of you will be around!” the Grammy winner said of the 2045 release date, and added that the song “had a lot of meaning” to her.

“I thought very long and hard about what it should be saying, at that time,” she said. “So if there’s a way of playing it with the web music, and everything changes now, then I guess you’ll hear it then. If it’s disintegrated or something, then I guess you’ll know that I meant well.”

Dolly’s family announced on Tuesday that the iconic singer and philanthropist had died at the age of 80 in a heartfelt video posted to her social media accounts.

The late star’s nephew and head of security, Bryan Seaver, spoke in the video.

He explained: “Dolly called me and said she wants to rest in a beautiful bed of plush cotton, because after a life wearing heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable and have some rest. Rest in peace, Aunt Dolly.”

Dolly’s reps later confirmed that the singer died after a “brief battle with cancer.”

The singer-songwriter asked that, in lieu of flowers, friends and fans donate to her Imagination Library foundation, which aims to ensure that all children have access to books.