She say, Miss Colie, You better hush. God might hear you... She say, Miss Colie, You better hush. God might hear you.
Let 'im hear me, I say. If he ever listened to poor colored
women the world would be a different place, I can tell you.
-- Alice Walker, "The Color Purple"
She stood on the tracks
Waving her arms
Leading me to that... She stood on the tracks
Waving her arms
Leading me to that third rail shock
Quick as a wink
She changed her mind
She gave me a night
That's all it was
What will it take until I stop
Kidding myself
Wasting my time
There's nothing else I can do
'Cause I'm doing it all...
She was bred in ol' Kentucky
But she's just a crumb up here... She was bred in ol' Kentucky
But she's just a crumb up here
She was knock-knee'd and double-jointed
With a cauliflower ear
Someday we will be married
And if vegetables become too dear
I'll just cut me a slice of
Her cauliflower ear!
-- Curly Howard,...