Cho: Atomic waste, perseveres It sticks around, (in dangerous form!) Two hundred thousand years!! (Repeat) It boils in vats stored underground It’s got to be watched all year ’round And human beings can make mistakes One little slip is all it takes! Chorus We don’t mind, if lights are low If TV’s off, if cars […]
Audience: Folk/Political
Way-Hi
In the South Dakota summer sun In Nineteen twenty-five I was born the son of a Sioux and his wife I was barely, just barely alive Yeah the midwife slapped my red behind I opened my lungs and cried And how many times have I cried to myself And wished that that infant had died? […]
Everybody’s Goin’ For The Money
E to D Everybody’s goin’ for the money Thinkin’ it makes the world go round But this old world keep turnin’ on and on When you’re layin’ underneath the ground Somebody’s got a hold on you A hold on your everyday life A hold on your friends and your relatives too On your children and […]
Draw The Line
Papers on the floor Crayons circled ’round her My daughter shapes An intricate design And she orders me to sit Handling me the blue one She says “Help me Daddy. Help me draw the line!” Cho: Draw the line, draw the line We have to help each other draw the line Draw the line, draw […]
Lists
Cho: I had a list of things to do But now my only list is you And my list keeps getting longer I hope we never make through I want to laugh with you out loud I want to meet you in a crowd I want to buy you leather clothes I want to hold […]
The Young Woman Disco
There was a young woman who swallowed a lie I don’t know why she swallowed that lie, perhaps she’ll die! There was a young woman who swallowed a rule “Live to serve men!” she learned it in school She swallowed the rule to follow the lie I don’t know why she swallowed that lie, perhaps […]
The One About The Bird In The Cage
Cho: My bird is learning how to fly Soaring on the wings of her song If sometimes she flies a bit too high It’s ’cause she was in my cage for so long And I kept her in my cage And I fed her everyday I said “Little bird if you watch me I’ll show […]
When You Ask Me First
I love to do it Baby But you only make it worse I just don’t get excited When you go and ask me first. So don’t touch me where I’m ticklish And don’t sit on my lap And don’t ask me politely Baby, It makes me feel trapped. Cause when you chase me, Darlin’ It […]
Let The Woman In You Come Through
You’re holding in ’Cause you’re a man who never cries I’m not as tough as you, my friend, But since you ask for my advice, Cho: Let the woman in you come through She’s trying to let you know she’s there She colors everything you do And the man in you gets scared. You like […]
Ghosts
Intro: He: Slowly, slowly I lifted my head When you said that I could not stay Lines shined where your tears had run All my magic was gone And the words wouldn’t come There was nothing more I could say. Cho:(His) So good-bye I won’t burn you anymore Y’cry when I say I still love […]