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Artist/Band: Joan Baez
Lyrics for Song: Honest Lullaby
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Joan Baez



Early early in the game

I taught myself to sing and play

And use a little trickery

On kids who never favored me

Those were years of crinoline slips

And cotton skirts and swinging hips

And dangerously painted lips

And stars of stage and screen

Pedal pushers, ankle socks

Padded bras and campus jocks

Who hid their vernal equinox

In pairs of faded jeans

And slept at home resentfully

Coveting their dreams



And often have I wondered

How the years and I survived

I had a mother who sang to me

An honest lullaby



Yellow, brown, and black and white

Our Father bless us all tonight

I bowed my head at the football games

And closed the prayer in Jesus' name

Lusting after football heroes

tough Pachuco, little Neroes

Forfeiting my A's for zeroes

Futures unforeseen

Spending all my energy

In keeping my virginity

And living in a fantasy

In love with Jimmy Dean

If you will be my king, Jimmy, Jimmy,

I will be your queen



And often have I wondered

How the years and I survived

I had a mother who sang to me

An honest lullaby



I travelled all around the world

And knew more than the other girls

Of foreign languages and schools

Paris, Rome and Istanbul

But those things never worked for me

The town was much too small you see

And people have a way of being

Even smaller yet

But all the same though life is hard

And no one promised me a garden

Of roses, so I did okay

I took what I could get

And did the things that I might do

For those less fortunate



And often have I wondered

How the years and I survived

I had a mother who sang to me

An honest lullaby



Now look at you, you must be growing

A quarter of an inch a day

You've already lived near half the years

You'll be when you go away

With your teddy bears and alligators

Enterprise communicators

All the tiny aviators head into the sky

And while the others play with you

I hope to find a way with you

And sometimes spend a day with you

I'll catch you as you fly

Or if I'm worth a mother's salt

I'll wave as you go by



And if you should ever wonder

How the years and you'll survive

Honey, you've got a mother who sings to you

Dances on the strings for you

Opens her heart and brings to you

An honest lullaby


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Joan Baez


Joan Baez
"Other Songs - Joan Baez"


1. A Song For David
2. All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth
3. Altar Boy And The Thief
4. Amazing Grace
5. Black Is The Color
6. Casida Of The Lament
7. Coconuts
8. Copper Kettle
9. Day After Tomorrow
10. Famous Blue Raincoat
11. February
12. For All We Know
13. Freight Train
14. Gabriel And Me
15. Green, Green Grass Of Home
16. Heaven Help Us All
17. Honest Lullaby
18. I Wonder As I Wander
19. Imagine
20. In My Time Of Need
21. King's Highway
22. La Llorona
23. Lucifer's Eyes
24. Me And Bobby Mcgee
25. Mercy Bound
26. Michael
27. No Expectations
28. No Woman No Cry
29. Old Welsh Song
30. Please Come To Boston (Live)
31. Portland Town
32. Prison Trilogy
33. Put Your Hand In The Hand
34. Speaking Of Dreams
35. Steal Across The Border
36. Stewball
37. The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti, Part Two
38. Warriors Of The Sun
39. Weary Mothers (People's Union, No. 1)
40. What Have They Done To The Rain
41. Wildwood Flower
42. Elvis Presley Blues
43. Guantanamera
44. Rider Pass By
45. The Dangling Conversation
46. Isaac & Abraham
47. Kumbaya
48. La Colombe -- The Dove
49. All In Green Went My Love Riding
50. Annabel Lee
51. Autumn Leaves
52. Best Of Friends
53. Blue Sky
54. Caleb Meyer
55. Carry It On
56. Children Of Darkness
57. Coventry Carol
58. De Colores
59. Fennario
60. Finlandia
61. Help Me Make It Through The Night
62. I Dream Of Jeannie/danny Boy
63. I'm With You
64. John Riley
65. Last, Lonely And Wretched
66. Less Than The Song
67. Let It Be
68. Love Song To A Stranger
69. Mlk
70. Myths
71. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
72. No Nos Moveran
73. North
74. One Day At A Time
75. Only Heaven Knows (Ah, The Sad Wind Blows)
76. Pack Up Your Sorrows
77. Play Me Backwards
78. Rainbow Road
79. Reunion Hill
80. Strange Rivers
81. Sweeter For Me
82. Te Recuerdo Amanda
83. The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
84. The Partisan
85. The Wild Mountain Thyme
86. Time Rag
87. Twelve Gates To The City
88. Welcome Me
89. Wings
90. All The Pretty Little Horses
91. Carrickfergus
92. Cherry Tree Carol
93. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
94. For Sasha
95. Hand To Mouth
96. Hickory Wind
97. I Saw The Vision Of Armies
98. If I Wrote You
99. Jackaroe
100. James & The Gang
101. Jerusalem
102. Long Black Veil
103. Minister Of War
104. Money For Floods
105. Motherland
106. Once I Had A Sweetheart
107. Paso Rio
108. Queen Of Hearts
109. Ranger's Command
110. Recently
111. Rock Salt And Nails
112. Satisfied Mind
113. Scarlet Tide
114. The Water Is Wide
115. Turquoise
116. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
117. Will The Circle Be Unbroken