Play Me Backwards-Joan Baez

[ti:Play Me Backwards] [ar:Joan Baez] [al:Play Me Backwards] [by:] [offset:0] [00:11.13]You don't have to play me backwards [00:13.12]To get the meaning of my verse [00:15.19]You don't have to die and go to hell [00:18.05]To feel the devil's curse [00:30.61]Well I thought my life was a photograph [00:32.92]On the family Christmas card [00:35.41]Kids all dressed in buttons and bows [00:37.84]And lined up in the yard [00:40.34]Were the golden days of childhood [00:42.52]So lyrical and warm [00:45.27]Or did the picture start to fade [00:49.20]On the day that I was born [00:52.88]I've seen them light the candles [00:57.38]I've heard them bang the drum [01:02.62]And I've cried Mama I'm cold as ice [01:08.49]And I got no place to run [01:19.71]Let the night begin there's a pop of skin [01:22.15]And the sudden rush of scarlet [01:23.59] [01:24.61]There's a little boy riding on a goat's head [01:26.98]And a little girl playing the harlot [01:29.23]There's a sacrifice in an empty church [01:31.74]Of sweet li'l baby Rose [01:34.05]And a man in a mask from Mexico [01:38.29]Is peeling off my clothes [01:41.41]I've seen them light the candles [01:46.65]I've heard them bang the drum [01:51.77]And I've cried Mama I'm cold as ice [01:57.45]And I got no place to run [02:21.41] [02:27.84]So I'm paying for protection [02:30.46]Smoking out the truth [02:33.02]Chasing recollections [02:35.40]Nailing down the proof [02:42.07]You don't have to play me backwards [02:44.69]To get the meaning of my verse [02:47.31]You don't have to die and go to hell [02:49.68]To feel the devil's curse [02:51.93]I'll stand before your altar [02:54.37]And tell everything I know [02:56.67]I've come to claim my childhood [03:01.10]At the chapel of baby Rose [03:07.29]I've seen them light the candles [03:11.97]I've heard them bang the drum [03:16.89]I've seen them light the candles [03:21.70]I've heard them bang the drum