The Ballad Of Barbara
Ton : AEnglish
Intro :
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IAn a southern town where I was born
TAhat's where I goEt my educAation
IA worked in the fields and I walked in the woods
AAnd I wondered aEt crAeation
IA recall the sun in a sky of blue
AAnd the smell of gEreen things gArowin'
AAnd I lived everyday and I lived anyway
AAnyway the wEind was bAlowin'
BAut then I heard of a cultured city life
BAreath-takin' lEofty stAeeples
AAnd the day I called myself a man
IA left my lEand and my pAeople
ADnd I rambled North and I rambled East
ADnd I tested aAnd I tDasted
ADnd a girl or two took me round and round
BDut always lAeft me wDasted
IDn a world that saw concrete and steel
WDith nothin' gAreen ever gDrowin'
WDhere the buildings hide the rising sun
ADnd stop the fAree wind from bDlowin'
WDhere they sleep all day and they wake all night
TDo a world of drAink and lDaughter
ID met that girl that I thought would be
TDhe one that IA was aDfter
IAn a soft blue gown and a formal tux
BAeneath that lEofty sAteeple
HAe said do you Barbra take this man
WAill you be one oEf his pAeople
AAnd she said I will and she said I do
AAnd the world looked mEighty pAretty
AAnd we lived in a fancy downtown flat
CAause she loved the nEoisy cAity
TAhen the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky
AAnd I longed for grEeen thAings growin'
AAnd I talked of home and my people there
BAut she'd not agrEee to gAoin'
TEhen her hazel eyes turned away from me
WEith a look that wasBn't very pEretty
AEnd she turned into concrete and steel
AEnd she said I taBke the cEity
NAow the cars go by on the interstate
AAnd my pack is oEn my shAoulder
AAnd I'm goin' home where I belong
MAuch wiser nEow and olAder