Honest Lullaby-Joan Baez

[00:06.87]Early early in the game [00:09.68]I taught myself to sing and play [00:12.96]And use a little trickery [00:15.72]On kids who never favored me [00:19.54]Those were years of crinoline slips [00:22.75]And cotton skirts and swinging hips [00:25.77]And dangerously painted lips [00:28.76]And stars of stage and screen [00:32.59]Pedal pushers ankle socks [00:35.45]Padded bras and campus jocks [00:38.63]Who hid their vernal equinox [00:41.72]In pairs of faded jeans [00:44.87]And slept at home resentfully [00:48.50]Coveting their dreams [00:54.68]And often have I wondered [00:57.59]How the years and I survived [01:02.89]I had a mother who sang to me [01:06.18]An honest lullaby [01:14.43]Yellow brown and black and white [01:17.24]Our Father bless us all tonight [01:20.50]I bowed my head at the football games [01:23.94]And closed the prayer in Jesus' name [01:27.58]Lusting after football heroes [01:30.78]Tough Pachuco little Neroes [01:33.97]Forfeiting my A's for zeroes [01:37.08]Futures unforeseen [01:40.37]Spending all my energy [01:43.16]In keeping my virginity [01:46.32]And living in a fantasy [01:49.60]In love with Jimmy Dean [01:52.99]If you will be my king Jimmy Jimmy [01:56.33]I will be your queen [02:02.57]And often have I wondered [02:05.36]How the years and I survived [02:10.49]I had a mother who sang to me [02:13.91]An honest lullaby [02:17.86]Yeah yeah [02:31.34]I travelled all around the world [02:34.95]And knew more than the other girls [02:38.05]Of foreign languages and schools [02:41.33]Paris Rome and Istanbul [02:44.71]But those things never worked for me [02:47.76]The town was much too small you see [02:50.94]And people have a way of being [02:54.29]Even smaller yet [02:57.34]But all the same though life is hard [03:00.52]And no one promised me a garden [03:03.76]Of roses so I did okay [03:07.02]I took what I could get [03:10.30]And did the things that I might do [03:13.63]For those less fortunate [03:20.12]And often have I wondered [03:22.74]How the years and I survived [03:28.01]I had a mother who sang to me [03:31.21]An honest lullaby [03:35.17]Yeah yeah [03:39.36]Now look at you you must be growing [03:42.45]A quarter of an inch a day [03:45.33]You've already lived near half the years [03:48.87]You'll be when you go away [03:51.89]With your teddy bears and alligators [03:55.48]Enterprise communicators [03:58.79]All the tiny aviators head into the sky [04:04.94]And while the others play with you [04:08.31]I hope to find a way with you [04:11.61]And sometimes spend a day with you [04:14.57]I'll catch you as you fly [04:17.95]Or if I'm worth a mother's salt [04:21.10]I'll wave as you go by [04:27.62]And if you should ever wonder [04:30.54]How the years and you'll survive [04:35.67]Honey you've got a mother who sings to you [04:39.30]Dances on the strings for you [04:42.47]Opens her heart and brings to you [04:45.49]An honest lullaby [04:49.77]Yesh yeah yeah