Song Lyrics Kathy Mar - Smear Of Red    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> K>> Kathy Mar Singer Lyrics [Kathy Mar other resources]>> Smear Of Red Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Kathy Mar Music Title/Track: Smear Of Red Theme ID: 3446 Album: N/A I grew up in a ghetto That was only one house wide With smiling suburbs all around And poverty inside The oldest of an army That the church was proud to claim And on the brink of womanhood I almost lost my name And I was Chorus: Quivering in my fever-life Wishing that I was dead Suddenly realizing they were Talking over my head Learning to speak their double-talk Facing each day with dread Waiting waiting waiting waiting Waiting for that first smear of red For God was my delirium and sisterhood my goal But my church began to wonder If the commies had a soul And the day I saw a bishop With an M-1 in his hand Was the last day of my life Beneath hypocrisy?s command But I was.. (chorus) My wishes all said "Woman" But my body answered "Child" My life was just a little odd My outlook warped and wild I told my inhibitions They would fall away someday The ghosts of them still haunt me And I cannot run away But I was-- (chorus) I've had my turn as maiden, a longer one than most And I have been a mother For two girls, one boy, one ghost I'm looking toward my future And my chance to be the crone But although my life is crowded I am doing this alone And now I'm Last chorus: Quviering in my fever-life Wishing that time was dead Suddenly realizing that I'm Talking over your head Throwing away the double-talk Hanging on by a thread Waiting waiting waiting waiting Waiting for that last smear of red Words and music:Kathy Mar Copyright 2002 Kathy Mar Related Lyrics Random lyrics: The Wild Geese, Traveling Song, Twisted, Vapor Angels, Velveteen, Water To My Thirst, When Giants Walked, White Water, Winter Rose, World Inside the Crystal, Wounded Birds, You Are My Dreamer, You Feel Like Such a Good Good Friend of Mine, Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses, 455 Rocket, All Roads To The River, Back Up Grinnin Again, Battle Hymn Of Love, Burnin Old Memories, Callin My Name, Callin My Name, Christ Childs Lullabye, Come From The Heart, Come From The Heart (1989), Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses, Emmanuel, Evenin, Every Love, From A Distance, Hills Of Alabam, I Have Always Loved You, Im on Your Side, Late In The Day, Leaving West Virginia, Listen To The Radio, Lonely At The Bottom, Lonesome Standard Time, Mary, Did You Know?, Maybe Shes Human, Mr. Smith Had An Oldsmobile, Nobodys Gonna Rain on Our Parade, Patiently Waiting, Quarter Moon, Seeds, Sending Me Angels, Song For The Life, Thats The Deal, Thats The Deal, The Bridge, The Cape, Other Kathy Mar song Lyrics Bamboo Wind Lyrics Barbie Cues Lyrics Basilisk Lyrics Behold Lyrics Between Grass Shores Lyrics Bhigg House Lyrics Box Lyrics Boy Genius Lyrics Brownies Lyrics Call Him Lord Lyrics Calm Down Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Kathy Matea Lyrics Kathy Mattea Lyrics Kathy Troccoli Lyrics Kathy Young Lyrics Kathy Young and The Innocents Lyrics Kathy Young With The Innocents Lyrics Katie Holmes Lyrics Katie Leyden Lyrics katie may Lyrics KATIE MELUA 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