《The Work Song》歌词

所属专辑：Tell My Sister

时长： 03:09

Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The Work Song[00:00:00]

Back before the blues were blue[00:00:20]

When the good ol' songs were new[00:00:23]

Songs that may no longer please us[00:00:28]

'Bout the darkies about Jesus[00:00:31]

Mississippi minstrels color of molasses[00:00:35]

Strummed their banjos to entertain their massas[00:00:40]

Some said garbage others cried art[00:00:43]

You couldn't call it soul you had to call it heart[00:00:47]

Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds[00:00:54]

The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds[00:00:58]

Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup[00:01:01]

You worked so hard that you died standing up[00:01:05]

When I was a little thing[00:01:12]

Papa tried to make me sing[00:01:15]

Home Sweet Home and Aura Lee[00:01:20]

These were songs that my daddy tought me[00:01:23]

Camptown Races and Susannah Don't You Cry[00:01:27]

Gentle Annie still brings a tear to my eye[00:01:31]

Label it garbage label it art[00:01:35]

You couldn't call it soul you had to call it heart[00:01:38]

Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds[00:01:45]

The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds[00:01:49]

Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup[00:01:53]

You worked so hard that you died standing up[00:01:56]

Sing me songs of days gone by[00:02:03]

Watch me laugh watch me cry[00:02:07]

Break my female heart in two[00:02:11]

Sing me songs that say "I love you"[00:02:14]

Lower your eyes raise your hand to your breast[00:02:18]

Sing me one about the sun setting in the west[00:02:22]

Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds[00:02:38]

The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds[00:02:42]

Put the wood in the stove the water in the cup[00:02:45]

You worked so hard that you died standing up[00:02:48]

Wood's in the stove water's in the cup[00:02:59]

You worked so hard that you died standing up[00:03:03]

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