When you hurt You hide it away You carry the pain Where it rains everyday, ahhh So deep inside Where no one can see When someone hurts you You don’t trust nobody, you need Cho: Love. It’s the only medicine Love. It makes you feel better my friend Love. It’s the only medicine Love. It […]
Audience: Folk/Political
Buckdancer’s Daddy
There’s a buckdance ev’ry Friday night Down at the old Town Hall Where sometimes you can see the best Buckdancer of them all She waves her hands, she swings her hips, Her long hair’s flyin’ free She sparks and smiles and kicks in style That’s a pure delight to see Well maybe she’ll be there […]
It’s Only A Wee-Wee
As soon as you’re born grown-ups check where you pee And then they decide just how you’re supposed t’be Girls pink and quiet, boys noisy and blue Seems like a dumb way to choose what you’ll do Cho: It’s only a wee-wee, so what’s the big deal? It’s only a wee-wee, so what’s all the […]
Gary Wall
Well my name is Gary Wall and I’m no one very special Just a short-order cook, and I’m forty years old And I drifted all my life from job to job But this livin’ all alone can make a man feel cold. And the walls have ears, from listenin’ to me talkin’ It’s been years […]
My Body
Cho: My body’s nobody’s body but mine! You run your own body, let me run mine! My heart was made to be filled-up with love Not to be ordered, or broken or shoved My hands were made to hold other hands, Not to hold guns in faraway lands Chorus My womb was made to make […]
All Used Up
I spent my whole life makin’ somebody rich I busted my ass for that son-of-a-bitch And he left me to die like a dog in a ditch Then he told me I’m all used up He used up my labor, he used up my time He plundered my body and squandered my mind Then he […]
Homely Friend
On sunny days I’m feelin’ great I’m walkin’ tall and fine And all the folks who see me Wanna be a friend of mine But when I’m feelin’ low down And homely as a hound When I need my sunny friends There ain’t no one around Cho: I’m lonely for a homely friend to keep […]
The AFL-CIO Love Song
My how I loved you When you were young and brave You stood against injustice With the worker and the slave And your beauty still excites me Your spirit lights my way But love, like fire, dwindles If you let it fade away. I’m afraid I’ll lose you To the comforts you have won Your […]
One Less Mouth To Feed
Well Livvy, lately life’s been lousy And I know that you’re upset But life won’t get no better If you can’t learn to forget Cryin’ won’t bring John-Boy back, He’s out there on his own And I hope that he is happy, And I hope he don’t come home, Chorus ’Cause that’s one less mouth […]
Snake Dance
Dancing in a snake dance Where the dancer twirls and spins And the guilty serpent strikes And neither partner wins I asked her how she’d been She said, “You’ve been our best friend, And I don’t know where to begin, Cho: I don’t love him anymore I’ve had it up to here, I’ve seen it […]