Honest Lullaby-Joan Baez

[ti:Honest Lullaby] [ar:Joan Baez] [al:Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Honest Lullaby - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹) [00:07.08]Early early in the game [00:09.08] [00:09.83]I taught myself to sing and play [00:12.13] [00:13.26]And use a little trickery [00:14.89] [00:16.02]On kids who never favored me [00:18.45] [00:19.51]Those were years of crinoline slips [00:22.07] [00:22.63]And cotton skirts and swinging hips [00:24.88] [00:25.75]And dangerously painted lips [00:28.25] [00:29.06]And stars of stage and screen [00:30.93] [00:32.87]Pedal pushers ankle socks [00:34.74] [00:35.74]Padded bras and campus jocks [00:37.98] [00:38.86]Who hid their vernal equinox [00:40.36] [00:41.92]In pairs of faded jeans [00:43.42] [00:45.22]And slept at home resentfully [00:46.65] [00:48.71]Coveting their dreams [00:49.84] [00:55.27]And often have I wondered [00:56.52] [00:58.01]How the years and I survived [01:00.14] [01:03.27]I had a mother who sang to me [01:06.46]An honest lullaby [01:07.52] [01:14.75]Yellow brown and black and white [01:16.94] [01:17.69]Our Father bless us all tonight [01:20.06] [01:20.87]I bowed my head at the football games [01:23.36] [01:24.19]And closed the prayer in Jesus' name [01:26.44] [01:27.50]Lusting after football heroes [01:29.87] [01:31.18]Tough Pachuco little Neroes [01:32.99] [01:34.17]Forfeiting my A's for zeroes [01:36.61] [01:37.67]Futures unforeseen [01:38.43] [01:40.80]Spending all my energy [01:42.24] [01:43.55]In keeping my virginity [01:44.92] [01:46.55]And living in a fantasy [01:48.42] [01:49.92]In love with Jimmy Dean [01:51.48] [01:53.41]If you will be my king Jimmy Jimmy [01:56.92]I will be your queen [01:58.17] [02:03.22]And often have I wondered [02:04.66] [02:05.92]How the years and I survived [02:07.86] [02:11.10]I had a mother who sang to me [02:14.16]An honest lullaby [02:15.22] [02:18.47]Yeah yeah [02:21.98] [02:32.02]I travelled all around the world [02:34.26] [02:35.33]And knew more than the other girls [02:37.45] [02:38.57]Of foreign languages and schools [02:40.88] [02:41.82]Paris Rome and Istanbul [02:43.50] [02:44.94]But those things never worked for me [02:47.56] [02:48.37]The town was much too small you see [02:50.56] [02:51.49]And people have a way of being [02:54.98]Even smaller yet [02:56.29] [02:58.04]But all the same though life is hard [03:00.42] [03:01.23]And no one promised me a garden [03:03.53] [03:04.35]Of roses so I did okay [03:07.09] [03:07.72]I took what I could get [03:09.52] [03:10.90]And did the things that I might do [03:13.34] [03:14.22]For those less fortunate [03:15.59] [03:20.96]And often have I wondered [03:22.39] [03:23.51]How the years and I survived [03:25.27] [03:28.76]I had a mother who sang to me [03:31.82]An honest lullaby [03:33.99] [03:35.86]Yeah yeah [03:36.67] [03:39.61]Now look at you you must be growing [03:42.10] [03:43.04]A quarter of an inch a day [03:44.85] [03:46.09]You've already lived near half the years [03:48.72] [03:49.47]You'll be when you go away [03:51.08] [03:52.59]With your teddy bears and alligators [03:54.78] [03:56.17]Enterprise communicators [03:58.19] [03:59.69]All the tiny aviators head into the sky [04:03.56] [04:05.62]And while the others play with you [04:08.30] [04:08.92]I hope to find a way with you [04:11.83] [04:12.46]And sometimes spend a day with you [04:14.71] [04:15.27]I'll catch you as you fly [04:17.07] [04:18.76]Or if I'm worth a mother's salt [04:22.01]I'll wave as you go by [04:24.00] [04:28.51]And if you should ever wonder [04:30.63] [04:31.50]How the years and you'll survive [04:33.13] [04:36.56]Honey you've got a mother who sings to you [04:38.93] [04:40.18]Dances on the strings for you [04:42.11] [04:43.24]Opens her heart and brings to you [04:45.48] [04:46.36]An honest lullaby [04:47.60] [04:50.66]Yesh yeah yeah