Michelle Shocked - Black Widow Lyrics
Michelle Shocked (Poly Gram Songs, Inc)Time is red Time is deadly Time under glass Time will tell Time will tell The tale of the widow Who walks her web Mourning the night Mourning her dead Mourning her dead Did you lose him to a broom Trapped in a corner of the room Or was it under the foot Of the marching black boot Marching black boot Is it the lonelines of the nightThat makes you reach out and biteThe unawakened flesh You lady in distress You poor suffering Murderess Em D C B7 The L & N don't stop here anymore Jean Ritchie (Geordie Music Pub. Co)Em D EmWhen I was a curly-headed baby D EmMy daddy set me down on his knee D EmSaying ''Son you go to school, you learn your letters C D EmDon't you be no dusty miner, boy like me'' D EmI was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard Holler D EmWhere the coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door D EmBut now they stand in a rusty row of all empties C D EmBecause the L & N don't stop here anymore I used to think my father was a black man With scrip enough to buy the company store But now he goes to town with empty pockets And his face is as white as the February snow I was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard HollerWhere the coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door But now they stand in a rusty road of all emptiesBecause the L & N don't stop here anymore Never thought I'd live to lean to love the coaldustNever thought I'd pray to hear those temples roarBut God I wish the grass would turn to money And then them greenbacks would fill my pockets once moreI was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard HollerWhere the coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door But now they stand in a rusty road of all emptiesBecause the L & N don't stop here anymore Last night I dreamed I went down to the office To get my payday like I done before But them old kudzu vines was covering the doorwayAnd there was leaves and grass growing up through the floorI was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard HollerWhere the coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door But now they stand in a rusty road of all emptiesBecause the L & N don't stop here anymore
