Joan Baez - Honest lullaby

Tekst :

Early early in the game
I taught myself to sing and play
And use a little trickery
On kids who never favored me
Those were years of crinoline slips
And cotton skirts and swinging hips
And dangerously painted lips
And stars of stage and screen
Pedal pushers, ankle socks
Padded bras and campus jocks
Who hid their vernal equinox
In pairs of faded jeans
And slept at home resentfully
Coveting their dreams

And often have I wondered
How the years and I survived
I had a mother who sang to me
An honest lullaby

Yellow, brown, and black and white
Our Father bless us all tonight
I bowed my head at the football games
And closed the prayer in Jesus name
Lusting after football heroes
tough Pachuco, little Neroes
Forfeiting my A s for zeroes
Futures unforeseen
Spending all my energy
In keeping my virginity
And living in a fantasy
In love with Jimmy Dean
If you will be my king, Jimmy, Jimmy,
I will be your queen

And often have I wondered
How the years and I survived
I had a mother who sang to me
An honest lullaby

I travelled all around the world
And knew more than the other girls
Of foreign languages and schools
Paris, Rome and Istanbul
But those things never worked for me
The town was much too small you see
And people have a way of being
Even smaller yet
But all the same though life is hard
And no one promised me a garden
Of roses, so I did okay
I took what I could get
And did the things that I might do
For those less fortunate

And often have I wondered
How the years and I survived
I had a mother who sang to me
An honest lullaby

Now look at you, you must be growing
A quarter of an inch a day
You ve already lived near half the years
You ll be when you go away
With your teddy bears and alligators
Enterprise communicators
All the tiny aviators head into the sky
And while the others play with you
I hope to find a way with you
And sometimes spend a day with you
I ll catch you as you fly
Or if I m worth a mother s salt
I ll wave as you go by

And if you should ever wonder
How the years and you ll survive
Honey, you ve got a mother who sings to you
Dances on the strings for you
Opens her heart and brings to you
An honest lullaby

Inne utwory

  • Gulf winds
  • Michael
  • A song for David
  • Song of Bangladesh
  • Luba, the baroness
  • Coconuts
  • In the morning light
  • Blessed are
  • Seabirds
  • Rider, pass by
  • Marriott, U.S.A.
  • For Sasha
  • Children and all that jazz
  • Only heaven knows
  • Losowe utwory

    Liar liar

    Everybody gets
    Gets a fair try
    You alright with me
    Til you tell a lie
    From the top
    You seem like a different type of guy
    Did your own thing
    I gave it a try


    Then you
    Told me you were catching feelings
    Kind of unusual
    Normally you don’t
    Let no women
    Ever see this side of you

    And I’ll admit
    You had me...

    Lost in despair

    I was lost, on my own
    and I couldn´t bear the thought of my life
    I was gone, caught in the torturing memories
    And they burned like fire
    water can never heal such pain

    Can´t you believe
    Nothing is real
    Can´t you...

    Bereit

    Tragische Gedanken wie im Netz verfangen
    Tauchen ihre Pranken in ein Kuhles Grab
    Gespenstische Visionen haben leise Sohlen
    Du f-llst aus allen Wolken wirst Dich nie erholen
    Aus der Haut zu fahren aus dem Staub zu machen
    Nicht mehr einzukriegen nichten der Mube wert

    Who want what

    What up Sigel?
    Huh? Yeah
    Smash , scrape, scrape.... you know the game baby

    CHORUS 2X: Beanie Mac and Memphis
    Who the fuck want what
    Me and Bleek charmed up , with your town under siege
    Diligent in the sleeve
    Who the...

    Besse bunting

    In Aprell and in May,
    In the months of April and May

    When hartes be all mery,
    When all hearts are merry,

    Besse Bunting, the millaris may,
    Bessie Bunting, the miller s girl,

    Withe lippes so red as chery,
    With lips red as cherries -

    She cast in hir remembrance
    She recalls to mind

    To passe hir time in daliance
    She...