《Honest Lullaby(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:06] Early early in the game

[00:00:09] I taught myself to sing and play

[00:00:12] And use a little trickery

[00:00:15] On kids who never favored me

[00:00:19] Those were years of crinoline slips

[00:00:22] And cotton skirts and swinging hips

[00:00:25] And dangerously painted lips

[00:00:28] And stars of stage and screen

[00:00:32] Pedal pushers ankle socks

[00:00:35] Padded bras and campus jocks

[00:00:38] Who hid their vernal equinox

[00:00:41] In pairs of faded jeans

[00:00:44] And slept at home resentfully

[00:00:48] Coveting their dreams

[00:00:54] And often have I wondered

[00:00:57] How the years and I survived

[00:01:02] I had a mother who sang to me

[00:01:06] An honest lullaby

[00:01:14] Yellow brown and black and white

[00:01:17] Our Father bless us all tonight

[00:01:20] I bowed my head at the football games

[00:01:23] And closed the prayer in Jesus' name

[00:01:27] Lusting after football heroes

[00:01:30] Tough Pachuco little Neroes

[00:01:33] Forfeiting my A's for zeroes

[00:01:37] Futures unforeseen

[00:01:40] Spending all my energy

[00:01:43] In keeping my virginity

[00:01:46] And living in a fantasy

[00:01:49] In love with Jimmy Dean

[00:01:52] If you will be my king Jimmy Jimmy

[00:01:56] I will be your queen

[00:02:02] And often have I wondered

[00:02:05] How the years and I survived

[00:02:10] I had a mother who sang to me

[00:02:13] An honest lullaby

[00:02:17] Yeah yeah

[00:02:31] I travelled all around the world

[00:02:34] And knew more than the other girls

[00:02:38] Of foreign languages and schools

[00:02:41] Paris Rome and Istanbul

[00:02:44] But those things never worked for me

[00:02:47] The town was much too small you see

[00:02:50] And people have a way of being

[00:02:54] Even smaller yet

[00:02:57] But all the same though life is hard

[00:03:00] And no one promised me a garden

[00:03:03] Of roses so I did okay

[00:03:07] I took what I could get

[00:03:10] And did the things that I might do

[00:03:13] For those less fortunate

[00:03:20] And often have I wondered

[00:03:22] How the years and I survived

[00:03:28] I had a mother who sang to me

[00:03:31] An honest lullaby

[00:03:35] Yeah yeah

[00:03:39] Now look at you you must be growing

[00:03:42] A quarter of an inch a day

[00:03:45] You've already lived near half the years

[00:03:48] You'll be when you go away

[00:03:51] With your teddy bears and alligators

[00:03:55] Enterprise communicators

[00:03:58] All the tiny aviators head into the sky

[00:04:04] And while the others play with you

[00:04:08] I hope to find a way with you

[00:04:11] And sometimes spend a day with you

[00:04:14] I'll catch you as you fly

[00:04:17] Or if I'm worth a mother's salt

[00:04:21] I'll wave as you go by

[00:04:27] And if you should ever wonder

[00:04:30] How the years and you'll survive

[00:04:35] Honey you've got a mother who sings to you

[00:04:39] Dances on the strings for you

[00:04:42] Opens her heart and brings to you

[00:04:45] An honest lullaby

[00:04:49] Yesh yeah yeah