Black, Brown And White Michelle Shocked

This little song I'm singin' to ya You know that it's true If you are black and have to work for a livin' This is what they say to you They say, well if you are white, you alright And if you are

Down On Thomas St. Michelle Shocked

That's where they meet I went down there just the other day Down to Thomas St. the other day I went down to that old Went down to that old Blue Note Café Most folks there are black but

Jump Jim Crow (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah *) Michelle Shocked

Is it the white man, the white talking that jive Or the black man, the black trying to stay alive?

Black Widow Michelle Shocked

of the widow Who walks her web Mourning the night Mourning the dead Mourning the dead Aw, did you lose him to a broom Trapped in a corner of the room Or was it under the foot Of the marching black

Blackberry Blossom Michelle Shocked

blossom, well the last time I saw one Was down in the bramble where I rambled in the spring The bramble was wild, I was torn by the briers My love, he wooed me as I lie there With a flower in my hair and

Tabloid Michelle Shocked

with character assassination When all you really have in life is your reputation It's your life, it's their story It's your pain, their gain Your shame, their glory It's their claim to your fame And

Graffiti Limbo Michelle Shocked

Lay down your burdens Lay down your cares The Holy Virgin, she's gonna greet you up there With a big can of spray paint, yeah And a big blank wall And I can guaran-damn-tee you There ain't no cops

Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg Michelle Shocked

Remembering back when I was a kid I'd sneak down to the docks Watch the old men carving wood I'd watch the sailors tying knots But the thing I remember best was grey-haired old Patch Eye And the

Stranded In A Limousine Michelle Shocked

He was a mean individual He had a heart like a stone Oh, he was a natural crazy man and better off left alone Well, he stopped one night at a traffic light And when that light turned green He was

Necktie Michelle Shocked

There was a naked man standing in an alley And he weren't wearing no clothes A naked man was standing in an alley And he wasn't wearing no clothes He said, "All that I need, I do believe, Is a pair

Old Paint Michelle Shocked

, ride around real slow They're fiery and snuffy and rarin' to go Ride around, ride around real slow They're fiery and snuffy and rarin' to go That old Bill Brown, he had a daughter and a son One

Prince Of Darkness Michelle Shocked

And now he is the Prince of Darkness He holds old friends in such high esteem He sees a red town and wants it painted black For the Catholic girls at Halloween Well he said to me, "I've waited

The Chain Smoker Michelle Shocked

He sits on the front porch To watch the sun go down A pile of cigarette butts Gathering on the ground He'd been a chain smoker for sixty years Both his fingers were stained and brown But what the

Good News Michelle Shocked

See a fat brown snake Lay her eggs down in the mud Go slipping through the swamp now With a poison in the blood And a smokestack lightning Sparks are flying through the air And when the dust gets

Lovely Rita Michelle Shocked

Lovely Rita meter maid Nothing can come between us When it gets dark you tow my heart away Standing by the parking meter When I caught a glimpse of Rita Filling in a ticket in her little white book

Homestead Michelle Shocked

Almost got me a coyote today A lowdown skunk of a dog, I say I fired my gun as he slunk away But he'll be back again You know, it ain't been easy since my husband died A widow woman at thirty-five And

Desperados Waiting For A Train (Red River Valley) Michelle Shocked

From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our path for a while Come and sit by my side if

Eddie Michelle Shocked

Used to set the fields on fire He's the only boy I know who dared to name his desire In a county where the dairymen all had milking machines Yeah, Eddie was the only one to separate the cream Eddie and

Hello Hopeville Michelle Shocked

the Cold War Institute They were signing new recruits He went down to the station in his three piece suit Now she had cried for him to stay But there was nothing more to say As she was waving a white

V.F.D. Michelle Shocked

Me and my friend and this boy named Eddie We was bored one afternoon We was sitting in the hay It was a hot Texas day And we was playing with matches like some kids do We would throw our matches

Fogtown Michelle Shocked

this ghetto A full moon was rising late last night But you would not know, no you was fast asleeping You only see this city in the broad daylight In the broad daylight Fogtown Fogtown, I'm down and

The Titanic Michelle Shocked

(It was 1912 and the Titanic was gonna take her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City and the great black boxer, Jack Johnson, he's heavyweight champion of the world.

Secret to a Long Life Michelle Shocked

life's knowing when it's time to go Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go So when the posse came riding Billy went hiding down south Holed up in a shack with Maria With the black

Yamboree Queen Michelle Shocked

But back during the Great Depression (and don't ask me what was so great about it) the government paid 'em to put those yams out to dairy pasture.

One Piece At A Time Michelle Shocked

cry Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black One day I devised myself a plan that should be the envy of most any man I'd sneak it out of there in a lunch box in my hand Now, gettin'

Ballad Of Penny Evans Michelle Shocked

My name is Penny Evans and I've just turned twenty-one A young widow in the war that's been fought in Vietnam And I have two infant daughters and I do the best I can And now they say the war is over

Last Love Michelle Shocked

She got bells on her ankles and a stud in her nose For us to entangle was wrong I suppose Her family reunion, a time and a place And I could see eight good years disappear from her face And love

Live And Learn Michelle Shocked

We've got a lot of bad apples, a lot of damn snakes We need a lot of room, we're gonna make some mistakes It takes a whole lotta livin' to make us feel at home Then sit back and watch the garden grow

When I Grow Up Michelle Shocked

o-o-o-o-old, an old, old woman Then I think I'm gonna find myself an old man Then I think I'm gonna marry myself that old man An old, an old, an old, an old, a really old man We're gonna have a hundred and

Will the Circle Be Unbroken Michelle Shocked

Traditional Will the circle be unbroken By and by Lord, by and by There's a greater home a-waiting In the sky Lord, in the sky I was standing on the corner On one dark and cloudy day When I

Wichita Lineman Michelle Shocked

I am a lineman for the County And I drive the main road Searching in the sun for another overload I hear you singing in the wire (I hear you singing in the wire) I can hear you through the whine

Carrickfergus / The Water Is Wide Michelle Shocked

Traditional The water is wide I can't cross over And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat That can carry two And both shall row My Love and I Oh love is gentle And love is kind The

Home On The Range Michelle Shocked

Traditional Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam And the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the range

Silent Ways Michelle Shocked

When you asked me "Michelle, do you love me?"

Contest Coming (Cripple Creek) Michelle Shocked

Sybil sits in a rocking chair Chewing tobacco and spitting out cares Sound of a fiddle floating thru the air From the Jones boy across the holler From the Jones boy across the way Backwoods folks

Come a Long Way Michelle Shocked

Pescado mojado me encontre And I've given up on rock 'n roll And I'm saving up for norteno The river she runs by the railroad tracks I swear I'll never take it back A train, she cries on the midnight

See The Sea Michelle Shocked

more if you see what I saw on the shore You'd never would see it the same as before Well you know there are fish, there are fish in the sea What do you know what fish like to eat They eat plankton and

I Will Be Your Friend Michelle Shocked

When evening shadows fall And old friends don't return your call Just call on me my old friend My number's still the same And I will answer when it rains You can call on me I will be your friend

Stillborn Michelle Shocked

Midnight and Yolanda has a long walk home Midwife in a hard labor, the baby was stillborn Still the mother asked to hold the child that never cried rocked it gently softly keening a plaintive lullaby

Can You See It In Me Michelle Shocked

I can see it in the sunshine I can see it in the sea I can see it in the skyline Can you see it in me And I can taste it in a fine wine Travelled far from overseas And I believe that you could

Lucky Dog Michelle Shocked

I'm a Lucky Dog And all I know I'm one for the money And I'm two for the show I'm a Lucky Dog With a pedigree I've been lifted up For the world to see I'm a Lucky Dog I'm a man's best friend

Waters Wide Michelle Shocked

Traditional The water is wide I can't cross over And neither have I Have I wings to fly Oh give me a boat That will carry two And both shall row My Love and I Oh love is gentle Yes and love

Only A Lover Michelle Shocked

got to let it be I've got to let him find Some peace of mind As only a lover As only a lover As only a lover Only a lover can We're on stolen time It's not ours to keep Now lay in my arms And

Cold Comfort Michelle Shocked

And I know it's cold comfort They found him a guilty man But it don't feel like justice And it was not a first offense Heavy drink was on his breath Her death was on his hands Now you must look

Campus Crusade Michelle Shocked

Sister Cindy used to be a disco queen 'Til she come to Jesus and now she's saved Out on the West Mall with old Brother Jed Now she's fighting the Holy War The Campus Crusade Every Spring they seem

Memories of East Texas Michelle Shocked

Memories of East Texas And piney green rolling hills Covered in the springtime With golden daffodils Rowing on Sandy Lake come April Harvesting hay in June Sitting by the road watching well-fires

Change The Name Michelle Shocked

And this is taken down on the Legislative rolls which can now be found, I think, under the date of July the twenty-third, 1867. And this is what the hometown boy had to say.

Wobbly Blood Michelle Shocked

Haywood "Big Bill" to the history books He'd gone down the mines at the age of nine And he'd learned to loathe profit by rook Been a cowboy too for a time...

Silver Spoon Michelle Shocked

If you're asking me to name this tune I may say it's 'Silver Spoon' or I may smile and say 'hey, hey' You know, I never really found a way To talk about the things you said about me Aw yeah, but

Who Cares? Michelle Shocked

playing the High Noon Theme There's dust devils swirling in the heat And sidewinders winding down the street Ssspooky!