Song Lyrics Baez Joan - Honest Lullaby    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> B>> Baez Joan Singer Lyrics [Baez Joan other resources]>> Honest Lullaby Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Baez Joan Music Title/Track: Honest Lullaby Theme ID: 3744 Album: N/A Early early in the game I taught myself to sing and play And use a little trickery On kids who never favored me Those were years of crinoline slips And cotton skirts and swinging hips And dangerously painted lips And stars of stage and screen Pedal pushers, ankle socks Padded bras and campus jocks Who hid their vernal equinox In pairs of faded jeans And slept at home resentfully Coveting their dreams And often have I wondered How the years and I survived I had a mother who sang to me An honest lullaby Yellow, brown, and black and white Our Father bless us all tonight I bowed my head at the football games And closed the prayer in Jesus' name Lusting after football heroes tough Pachuco, little Neroes Forfeiting my A's for zeroes Futures unforeseen Spending all my energy In keeping my virginity And living in a fantasy In love with Jimmy Dean If you will be my king, Jimmy, Jimmy, I will be your queen And often have I wondered How the years and I survived I had a mother who sang to me An honest lullaby I travelled all around the world And knew more than the other girls Of foreign languages and schools Paris, Rome and Istanbul But those things never worked for me The town was much too small you see And people have a way of being Even smaller yet But all the same though life is hard And no one promised me a garden Of roses, so I did okay I took what I could get And did the things that I might do For those less fortunate And often have I wondered How the years and I survived I had a mother who sang to me An honest lullaby Now look at you, you must be growing A quarter of an inch a day You've already lived near half the years You'll be when you go away With your teddy bears and alligators Enterprise communicators All the tiny aviators head into the sky And while the others play with you I hope to find a way with you And sometimes spend a day with you I'll catch you as you fly Or if I'm worth a mother's salt I'll wave as you go by And if you should ever wonder How the years and you'll survive Honey, you've got a mother who sings to you Dances on the strings for you Opens her heart and brings to you An honest lullaby Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Cucurrucucu Paloma, De Colores, El Rossinyol, Esquinazo Del Guerrillero, Guantanamera, La Llorona, Las Madres Cansadas, Fountain Of Sorrow, Hello In There, In the Quiet Morning, I Dream Of Jeannie/Danny Boy (Medley), A Stranger In My Place, A Young Gypsy, Amazing Grace, Best of Friends, Blessed Are..., Blowin In The Wind, Boulder to Birmingham, Caruso, Gulf Winds, I Shall Be Released, Joe Hill, Kingdom Of Childhood, Less Than The Song, Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts, Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word, Love Song To A Stranger/Part II, Mary Call, Myths, Rainbow Road, Rider Pass By, Seabirds, Song of Bangladesh, Stephanies Room, Stewball, Still Waters At Night, Te Recuerdo Amanda, The Partisan, Time Is Passing Us By, To Bobby, Tumbleweed, Where Are You Now My Son?, Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee), Its All Over Now Baby Blue, Jackaroe, Angeline, Fifteen Months, Gabriel and Me, Heaven Help Us All, Help Me Make It Through The Night, Other Baez Joan song Lyrics A Stranger In My Place (307) (Kenny Rogers-Kin Lyrics A Stranger In My Place (3:07) (Kenny Rogers - Kin Lyrics All My Trials Lord Lyrics Amsterdam Lyrics Angeline Lyrics Asimbonanga Lyrics Blessed Are... Lyrics Blowin In The Wind Lyrics Diamonds And Rust Lyrics Edge Of Glory Lyrics Fifteen Month Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Bagaskara Katon Lyrics Bagatelle Lyrics Bagdad cafe Lyrics Baglieto Lyrics Baglioni Lyrics Baglioni Claudio Lyrics Claudio Baglioni Lyrics Baha Men Lyrics Bahamadia Lyrics Bailey Phillp Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy