Black Ribbons-Gretchen Peters

[ti:Black Ribbons] [ar:Gretchen Peters] [al:Blackbirds] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Black Ribbons - Gretchen Peters [00:10.78]I built this house [00:12.76] [00:13.49]With my bare hands [00:15.70] [00:16.55]On the shores of Lousian [00:20.56] [00:21.80]Took my sweet cher Jolie Ann [00:26.03] [00:27.29]For my own [00:28.61] [00:29.68]My very own [00:31.37] [00:32.43]Now every man [00:34.51] [00:35.18]Has got his pride [00:37.11] [00:37.93]I tried to shelter and provide [00:42.44] [00:43.46]But I can't stop this poison tide [00:47.89] [00:49.09]Rollin' in [00:50.60] [00:51.46]Rollin' in [00:53.22] [00:54.58]Now I've got nothing left to give her [00:58.76] [01:00.41]No answer to her prayers [01:04.61] [01:05.80]Black ribbons on the water [01:09.63] [01:11.31]Black ribbons for her hair [01:15.33] [01:18.89]Then came the wind [01:20.55] [01:21.52]Then came the rain [01:23.31] [01:24.59]We defied that hurricane [01:28.66] [01:30.04]And we built this house again [01:33.99] [01:35.36]Stone by stone [01:36.92] [01:37.74]Stone by stone [01:39.60] [01:40.52]But in the Gulf of Mexico [01:45.01] [01:46.32]Some five thousand feet below [01:50.37] [01:51.78]Oh the devil's blood it flows [01:56.24] [01:57.23]On and on [01:58.56] [01:59.56]On and on [02:01.32] [02:02.61]I've got nothing left to give her [02:06.91] [02:08.46]No answer to her prayers [02:12.91] [02:13.88]Black ribbons on the water [02:17.59] [02:19.26]Black ribbons for her hair [02:23.63] [02:46.27]Oh how her eyes [02:48.85]They used to shine [02:50.69] [02:51.94]Fairest in evangeline [02:56.09] [02:57.46]Now they stare so cold and blind [03:01.71] [03:03.01]Through my soul [03:04.73] [03:05.42]Oh Lord my soul [03:07.29] [03:08.58]She was tangled in the saltgrass [03:14.12]Not a bullet [03:15.95] [03:17.00]Left to spare [03:18.62] [03:20.14]Black ribbons on the water [03:24.37] [03:25.68]Black ribbons for her hair [03:29.78] [03:31.24]Black ribbons on the water [03:35.13] [03:36.63]Black ribbons for her hair