Left Hand Lost-Dory Previn

[ti:Left Hand Lost] [ar:Dory Previn] [al:Mary C. Brown And The Hollywood Sign] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Left Hand Lost - Dory Previn [00:01.66]The left hand is [00:03.05]We always say [00:04.29]The demon devil's side [00:08.28] [00:09.90]The left had does [00:11.19]The dirty work [00:12.13]The shameful things [00:13.30]You hide [00:15.89] [00:18.15]Judas kissed the [00:19.32]Left cheek of christ [00:21.54]It's satan's special mark [00:25.16] [00:27.09]There were no [00:27.87]Left-footed animals [00:29.25]Allowed on noah's ark [00:31.49] [00:35.14]Left-handed people are impure [00:37.87]They go against the grain [00:40.62] [00:43.04]Left-handed children [00:44.75]Play with themselves [00:46.50]And drive themselves insane [00:50.46] [00:56.70]I was born left-handed [00:58.57]But the nuns where [00:59.56]I went to school [01:00.77]They said it wasn't [01:01.74]Right so they [01:02.22]Broke me of it [01:03.07]And now I'm right-handed [01:04.43] [01:04.94]Just like I'm supposed to be [01:06.50] [01:07.44]And now [01:08.24]I'm fine [01:09.37]I'm just fine [01:10.14] [01:11.06]Really [01:11.60] [01:13.12]Really [01:13.41] [01:43.50]But sometimes [01:45.14]I get so low so low [01:50.54] [01:51.49]Sometimes [01:52.81]I get so depressed [01:56.55] [01:58.05]As though I lost [02:00.54] [02:01.14]A part of me that loved me [02:03.73] [02:05.70]The part that knew me best [02:10.01] [02:12.35]The child in me that cried [02:17.55]To be cherished [02:25.11] [02:26.80]The side of me [02:29.01] [02:29.63]That tried to be my friend [02:41.08] [02:41.93]In the heart of me was living [02:45.10]And loving [02:45.90] [02:46.53]But it perished [02:52.54] [02:53.55]And I'll never be [03:01.45] [03:03.00]Completely me again [03:11.01] [03:24.31]My right had fills [03:25.69]The china teacups [03:27.57]And needlepoints [03:28.39]With old maid aunts [03:30.01] [03:31.55]My right hand clings to [03:33.50]Rosary beads [03:35.30]And waters dying plants [03:38.59] [03:39.20]But it's never painted a picture [03:42.88]Nor has it run for president [03:46.77]My left hand [03:48.57]Might have done these things [03:50.32] [03:50.97]If it's roots [03:54.49]Had not been bent [03:58.07] [03:59.88]A sculptor [04:00.55]A poet [04:01.50]It might have been [04:03.22]Instead of a useless thing [04:06.03] [04:07.40]To decorate with bangles [04:09.69]And bracelets [04:10.98]And my mother's wedding ring [04:15.03]Something [04:16.50]It might have accomplished [04:19.35]Or nothing [04:21.38] [04:23.21]But now I'll never know [04:27.93]Oh [04:28.16]My lost [04:28.93] [04:29.85]My left [04:30.51] [04:32.23]My natural hand [04:35.12]My god [04:39.08] [04:39.85]I miss you so