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Joan Baez( Joan Chandos Baez )
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Honest Lullaby
Lyricist:J. Baez
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 I look around and I wonder 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
Lusted after football heroes Tough Pachuco, little Neroes Forfeiting my A's for zeroes Futures unforeseen
Spending all my energy Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com 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
I look around and I wonder 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 look around and you 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
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