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| 2:50 | 
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(1964) Nina Simone, Waring Cuney
She does not know Her beauty, She thinks her brown body Has no glory. If she could dance Naked, Under palm trees And see her image in the river She would know. But there are no palm trees On the street, And dishwater gives back no images. |
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| 2. |
| 4:24 |
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My skin is black
My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me My name is SAFFRONIA My name is Saffronia My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you my mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me My name is SWEET THING My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown my manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see my life has been too rough I'm awfully bitter these days because my parents were slaves What do they call me My name is PEACHES |
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| 3. |
| 2:36 |
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See-Line Woman
Yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Alright ye See-line woman She drink coffee She drink tea And then go home See-line woman See-line woman Dressed in green Wears silk stockings With golden seams See-line woman See-line woman Dressed in red Wear a rag round her head See-line woman Dressed in white Sleep all day Ball all night. See-line woman Black dress on For a thousand dollars She wail and she moan See-line woman Wiggle wiggle Turn like a cat Wink at a man And he wink back Now child See-line woman Empty his pockets And wreck his days Make him love her And she'll fly away See-line woman Take it on out now Empty his pockets And she wreck his days And she make him love her Then she sure fly away She got a black dress on For a thousand dollars She wail and she moan... |
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| 4. |
| 3:22 |
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Andy Stroud
Be my husband man I be your wife Be my husband man I be your wife Be my husband man I be your wife Loving all of you the rest of your life yeah If you promise me you'll be my man If you promise me you'll be my man If you promise me you'll be my man I will love you the best I can yeah Stick the promise man you made me Stick the promise man that you made me Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Stick the promise man you made me That you stay away from Rosalie yeah Oh daddy love me good Oh daddy now love me good Oh daddy love me good Oh daddy now love me good If you want me to cook and sew If you want me to cook and sew If you want me to cook and sew yeah Outside of you there is no place to go Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so now doggone mean yeah You're the meanest man I ever see Oh daddy now love me good Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy now love me good --- Lyrics transcripted by Roger Nupie |
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| 5. |
| 3:37 |
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Nina Simone
Come ye ye who would have peace Hear me what I say now I say come ye ye who would have peace It's time to learn how to pray I say come ye ye who have no fear What tomorrow brings child Start praying for a better world Or peace and all good things I say come ye ye who still have hope That we can still survive now Let's work together as we should And fight to stay alive I say come ye ye who would have love It's time to take a stand Don't mind abuse it must be paid For the love of your fellow man I say come ye come ye Who would have hope Who would have hope Who would have hope Who would have hope |
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| 2:50 |
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Take me to the water
Take me to the water Take me to the water To be baptized None but the righteous None but the righteous None but the righteous Shall be saved So take me to the water Take me to the water Take me to the water To be, to be baptized I'm going back home, going back home Gonna stay here no longer I'm going back home, going back home To be baptized |
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| 7. |
| 2:48 |
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Rudy Stevenson
I'm going back home where I was born First I planned to stay but I can't live this way I'm going back home where I was born Try to understand I think this city's grand But with all its charme give me the little country farm I'm going back home where I was born Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now oh yeah I tell you all about it I think you ought to know Tell you all about it why I wanna go I miss the country preacher and the house of prayer I miss the bootlegger smelling in the air Miss friendly faces and the country smiles The crickets singing you can hear it for miles Miss the rooster crowing at the break of dawn Yes it all happens where I was born Miss the fried chicken colored greens Miss the hot biscuits and the lima beans Miss the prayer meeting where the people pray With the drum beating till the break of day You can have it you can have it You can have it you can have it You can have thy town I won't be around This here life's too fast but 'll never never last I'm going back home where I was born I got to go home got to go home Where the people are real people can feel Got to go down got to go down Leave here today on my way so long so long Going back home going back home Got to go home got to go home Got to go home got to go home Where I where I was born |
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| 3:14 | 
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| 9. |
| 6:57 |
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Love me love me love me
Say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind And wild is the windGive me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart For wild is the windYou... touch me... I hear the sound of mandolins You... kiss me... With your kiss my life begins You're spring to me All things to meDon't you know you're life itself Like a leaf clings to a tree Oh my darling, cling to me For we're creatures of the wind And wild is the wind So wild is the windWild is the wind Wild is the wind |
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| 5:24 |
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I left a note on his dresser
And my old wedding ring With these few goodbye words How can I sing Goodbye old sleepy head I'm packing you in like I saidTake care of everything I'm leaving my wedding ring Don't look for me I'll get a hand Remember darling Don't smoke in bedDon't look for me I'll get a hand Remember darling Don't smoke in bed |
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The other woman finds time to manicure her nails,
The other woman is perfect where her rival fails. And she's never seen with pin curls in her hair - anywhere. The other woman enchants her clothes with French perfume. The other woman keeps fresh cut flowers in each room. There are never toys scattered anywhere... And when her old man comes to call, He'll find her waiting like a lonesome queen. 'cause when she's by his side it's such a change from her old routine. But... The other woman will always cry herself to sleep. The other woman will never have his love to keep. And, as years go by... The other woman will spend her real life alone. |
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| 12. |
| 2:28 |
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I loves you,
, Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever And I'll be gladYes I loves you, , Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me With his hot hands If you can keep me I wants to stay here with you forever I've got my manI loves you, , Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my manSomeday I know he's coming to call me He's going to handle me and hold me So, it' going to be like dying, When he calls me But when he comes I know I'll have to goI loves you, , Don't let him take me Honey, don't let him handle me and drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever I've got my man |
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| 13. |
| 4:19 |
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Hush now, don't explain
There aint nothin' to gain Im glad that your back dont' explain Quiet baby, dont explain there is nothing to gain. Skip back the lipstick don't explain. You know that I love you and what love endures all my thoughts of you for I'm so completley yours Don't want to hear folks chatter cause I know you cheat Right n' wrong don't matter when your with me my sweet.. Hush now don't explain daon't you know your my joy and your my pain. My life is yours love don't explain int..... All my thoughts of you, for I'm so completley yours. I don't want to hear nobody chatter cause I know you cheat, right n' wrong don't matter when your with me my sweet. Hush now, don't explain your my joy, your my pain My life is yours love don't wxplain. |
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| 4:14 |
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I lost myself on a cool damp night Gave myself in that misty light Was hypnotized by a strange delight Under a lilac tree I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see... And be what I want to be When I think more than I want to think Do things I never should do I drink much more that I ought to drink Because I brings me back you...Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Listen to me... I cannot see clearly Isn't that she coming to me nearly here?Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love? Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love?Listen to me, why is everything so hazy? Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear?Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love... |
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| 3:57 |
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If I should lose you The stars would fall from the skies If I should lose you The leaves would wither and die The birds in Maytime Would sing a lonely refrain And I would wander around Hating the sound of rain With you beside me No wind in winter would blow With you beside me A rose would bloom in the snow I gave you my love But I was living a dream And living would seem in vain If I lost you |
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| 3:07 |
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Tell me more and then some
Daddy you know what I wanna hear I want some more and then some of that I love you only dear I want some more and then some Oh how you feel And then when you done told me About a million times How much you love me And you're through Start right back again I've made the same mistake I know the awful ache Of a little heart that's been double crossed The waiting's been so long so long It's hard to be believing I thought I'd missed my guess I thought happiness for me was lost I want more some more Some more and then some You know how I love that stuff Whisper from now on till Doomsday But I never No I never no I never Will get enough |
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