Cassandra Wilson

"You don't know what love is
Until you learn the meaning of the blues
Until you've lost a love you had to lose
You don't know what love is

You don't know how lips hurts
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost
You don't know what love is

Do you know how a lost hearts fears
The thought of reminiscing
And how lips that taste the tears
Lose their taste for kissing

You don't know how hearts burn
For love that cannot live yet never dies
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
You don't know what love is

(Music)

Do you know how a lost hearts fears
The thought of reminiscing
And how lips that taste of tears
Ooh, they lose their taste for kissing

You don't know how hearts burn
For love that cannot live yet never dies
Until you've faced each dawn with sleepless eyes
You don't know what love is

You don't know what love is"

All I want is a room somewhere
Far away from the cold night air
With one enormous chair
Oh, wouldn't that be loverly?

Lots of chocolate for me to eat
Lots of coal burnin', lots of heat
Warm face, warm hands, warm feet
Oh, wouldn't that be loverly?

Oh, so loverly sittin' absobloomin'lutely still
I would never budge till spring
Crept over the window sill

Oh, just someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't that be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly
Wouldn't that be loverly and?

All I want is a room somewhere
Far away from the cold night air
With one enormous chair
Oh, wouldn't that be loverly?

A lots of chocolate for me to eat
And lots of coal burnin', lots of heat
Warm face, warm hands, warm feet
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

Oh, so lovely sittin' absobloomin'lutely still
I would never budge till spring
Crept over the window sill

Someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't that be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly
Oh, that be loverly

Oh, so lovely sittin' absobloomin'lutely still
I would never budge till spring
Crept over the window sill

Someone's head restin' on my knee
Warm and tender as he can be
Who takes good care of me
Oh, wouldn't that be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly

Wouldn't that be loverly?
Wouldn't that be loverly?
Wouldn't that be loverly?

She walks along the city streets as if no would dare
Follow the path that she has chosen to take her anywhere
She walks beneath the city lights, no other way
Until she captures every eye and makes the pavement sway

Woman on the edge, something to behold
Her happiness is simple and clear
Like a spot of shade or a bottle of beer
Coolin' the day away

She looks at the moon and laughs
Then away she goes
Until a stranger passes by that she might want to know
He's got a penny in his pocket he wants to give away
She looks at him dead in the eye, spits on the street and says

"ho, I don't need your money, I don't need your time
I'm on my way to another world
Where the people play like clouds in the sky,"

Clouds in the sky, clouds in the sky
Why don't you stop and ask her
How she feels about the life she's living?

We speak in separate words
We love in differeent colors
Our love is madness
How can it be?
This is a mystery to me

You broke into my world
Shattering all the lies that I'd heard all my life
You were a whirlwind bending the trees, bending the trees
I am a summer breeze

Can I ride with you?
I know that the road is long
Can I ride with you?
I know I will be strong

Until the journey's end
We are forever friends, you and I
You were a whirlwind bending the trees, bending the trees
I'll be a summer breeze

We speak in separate words
We love in differeent colors
Our love is madness
How can it be?
This is a mystery to me

You broke into my world
Shattering all the lies that I'd heard all my life
You were a whirlwind bending the trees, bending the trees
I am a summer breeze

Can I ride with you?
I know that the road is long
Can I ride with you?
I know I will be strong

Until the journey's end
We are forever friends, you and I
You were a whirlwind bending the trees, bending the trees
I'll be a summer breeze

On my way on my way
On my way on my way
On my way
Back there again
Back to the warm spot in the middle of your soul
I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there I'll be there
If I have my own way

Oh, I been running sideways
Skipping 'round the holes
I have made my mind up I'm gonna have him
Anyway that I can
And so I'm on my way
On my way on my way
On my way on my way
Back there again
Back to the warm spot
In the middle of your soul

Coppercolored conjure man
Wave your magic wand and rescue me
I've been searching far and wide
For someone to care for me
You're my angel in the morning light
You're my devil in the dark of night
I've been searching far and wide
But you've been out of sight, out of sight

On my way on my way
On my way on my way
On my way
Back there again
Back to the warm spot in the middle of your soul
Back there again
Back to the warm spot in the middle of your soul

(devil in the dark come back)
(devil in the dark come back)
You are the one true...

Chocolate-colored conjure man
Wave your magic wand and rescue me
I've been searching far and wide
For someone to care for me
You're my angel in the morning light
You're my devil in the dark of night
I've been searching far and wide
But you've been out of sight, out of sight

I want to give you all i can give you
Leave no trace behind
I want to give you all i can give you
Leave no trace behind
I want to give you all i can give you
Leave no trace behind
I want to give you all i can give you
Leave no trace behind

Vietnam Vietnam, everybody cryin' about Vietnam
Vietnam Vietnam, everybody cryin' about Vietnam

The law all the days killing me down in Mississippi, nobody seems to give a damn

Oh God if you can hear my prayer now, please help my brothers over in Vietnam

Oh God if you can hear my prayer now, please help my brothers over in Vietnam

The poor boys fightin', killin' and hidin' all in holes,

Maybe killin' their own brother, they do not know

Mr. President you always cry about peace, but you must clean up your house before you leave

Oh how you cry about peace, but you must clean up your house before you leave

How can you tell the world how we need peace, and you still mistreat and killin' poor me.

(* Another blues about Vietnam, from 1966. This time J B Lenoir links it to the racial murders in the Southern States at the time.*)

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You know she's alright
You know she's alright with me
She's alright, she's alright (she's an angel)

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because she's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You know she's alright
You know she's alright with me
She's alright, she's alright (she's an angel)

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because she's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You know she's alright
You know she's alright with me
She's alright, she's alright (she's an angel)

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because she's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

She's as sweet as tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee

Lying in my bed, I hear the clock ticks, and think of you.
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new.
Flash back, warm night, almost left behind.
Suitcase of memories.....
Time after --

Sometime you pictured me, I'm walking too far ahead.
You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said.
You said, "Go slow, I fall behind "
The second hand unwinds.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

I turn, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey.
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay.
Secrets, stolen, from deep inside,
The drum beats out of time.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting,
Time after time.

Time after time.

Lying in my bed, I hear the clock ticks, and think of you.
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new.
Flash back, warm night, almost left behind.
Suitcase of memories.....
Time after --

Sometime you pictured me, I'm walking too far ahead.
You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said.
You said, 'Go slow, I fall behind '
The second hand unwinds.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

I turn, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey.
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay.
Secrets, stolen, from deep inside,
The drum beats out of time.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting,
Time after time.

Time after time.

Lying in my bed, I hear the clock ticks, and think of you.
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new.
Flash back, warm night, almost left behind.
Suitcase of memories.....
Time after --

Sometime you pictured me, I'm walking too far ahead.
You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said.
You said, 'Go slow, I fall behind '
The second hand unwinds.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

I turn, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey.
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay.
Secrets, stolen, from deep inside,
The drum beats out of time.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting,
Time after time.

Time after time.

Lying in my bed, I hear the clock ticks, and think of you.
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new.
Flash back, warm night, almost left behind.
Suitcase of memories.....
Time after --

Sometime you pictured me, I'm walking too far ahead.
You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said.
You said, 'Go slow, I fall behind '
The second hand unwinds.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

I turn, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey.
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay.
Secrets, stolen, from deep inside,
The drum beats out of time.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting,
Time after time.

Time after time.

Lying in my bed, I hear the clock ticks, and think of you.
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new.
Flash back, warm night, almost left behind.
Suitcase of memories.....
Time after --

Sometime you pictured me, I'm walking too far ahead.
You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said.
You said, 'Go slow, I fall behind '
The second hand unwinds.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

I turn, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey.
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay.
Secrets, stolen, from deep inside,
The drum beats out of time.....

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time.

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time.
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting,
Time after time.

Time after time.

I pulled into Nazareth
Was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need some place
Where I can lay my head"Hey, Mister, can you tell me
where a man might find a bed?"
He just grinned and s my hand
"No" was all he said

Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And you put the load right on meI picked up my bag
I went looking for a place to hide
Then I saw old Carmen
And the devil walking side by sideI said, "Hey, Carmen,
Come on, let's go downtown"
She said, "I gotta go
But my friend can stick around"

Go down, miss Moses
There's nothing you can say
It's just old Luke and Luke's waiting
on the judgement day"Well, Luke, my friend,
what about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor, son, won't you
stay and keep Anna Lee company?"

Crazy Chester followed me
And he caught me in the fog
Said, "I will fix your rack,
if you'll take Jack, my dog"I said, "Wait a minute Chester,
you know I'm a peaceful man"
He said, "That's OK, boy,
won't you feed him when you can"

Catch a Cannonball now
to take me down the line
My bag is sinking low
And I do believe it's timeTo get back to miss Fanny
You know she's the only one
Who sent me here
with her regards for everyone


해석..나사렛으로 들어 갔을 때
난 거의 녹초가 되어 있었어
내게는 그저 몸을 눕힐
자리가 필요했지"이봐요, 하룻밤 묵을 곳이
어디 있는지 좀 알려 주겠소?"
그는 씨익 웃으며 악수를 하더니
싫다는 말만 했어
패니의 짐을 덜어 줘요
그냥 도와 주는 거에요
패니의 짐을 덜어 줘요
그 짐을 내게 얹어요나는 짐을 집어 들고
묵을 곳을 찾아 떠났는데
그 때 카르멘을 보았어
그 옆에는 악마가 나란히 걷고 있었지"이봐요, 카르멘
나랑 시내에 가지 않을래요?"
"나는 갈 데가 있는데. 하지만
내 옆에 있는 친구는 가 줄 수 있어"


Moses양, 내려가 봐도
보이는 건 아무 것도 없어요
심판의 날을 기다리는
늙은 Luke가 있을 뿐이죠"Luke, 이 친구야
Anna Lee는 잘 있어?
"부탁 하나 할께
Anna Lee 곁에 있어주지 않으련?"


정신 나간 Chester가 따라와서
안개 속에서 날 붙잡고 말했어
"내 강아지 Jack을 데려가 주면
내가 자네 선반을 고쳐 줄께""잠깐만, Chester
좋게 해결하지"
"됐네, 이 사람아
틈 나면 개밥이나 주도록 해"

Strike a match so I can see
If I've been down here before
Where is the floor?
What is it for?

Strike a pose
Imagining love and estatic applause
Suckling big parts
You are on task

Strike a vein so we can see
If it leaves some kind of mark
No, its too dark
It's dark

Strike a tone for shadowing
Things that were meant to come true
Darker than blue
Older than you

Strike a match so I can see
If I've been down here before
Where is the floor?
What is it for?

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop

Some day my prince will come
Some day I'll find my love

Some day some day
I say some day my prince will come
Some day some day

Some day my prince will come
Some day I'll find my love
And how thrilling that moment will be,
When the prince of my dreams comes to me

He'll whisper "I love you"
And steal a kiss or two
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true,
come true.

Some day
Some day my prince will come
Some day some day

Some day I'll find my love
Someone to call my own
And I'll know him the moment we meet,
moment we meet
For my heart will be skipping a beat

Some day we'll say and do
All the things we've been longing to
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true

He's somewhere waiting for me
There is someone I'm longing to see
Someone I simply can't help but adore
Someone who thrills me forever more

Some day some day
I said I'm gonna find my love some day
Some day some day
I said I'm gonna find my love my love some day
Some day some day
I said some day I'm gonna find my love
Some day some day
I said he's out there waiting for me
Some day some day
I said some day
Some day some day
Oh no no no no no no

Some day some day
I said some day my prince is
Some day some day
He'll whisper "I love you"
Some day some day
I said he's somewhere waiting for me
Some day some day
I said he's gonna come baby to me
Some day some day -

Some day my prince will come
Some day I'll find my love

Some day some day
I say some day my prince will come
Some day some day

Some day my prince will come
Some day I'll find my love
And how thrilling that moment will be,
When the prince of my dreams comes to me

He'll whisper "I love you"
And steal a kiss or two
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true,
come true.

Some day
Some day my prince will come
Some day some day

Some day I'll find my love
Someone to call my own
And I'll know him the moment we meet,
moment we meet
For my heart will be skipping a beat

Some day we'll say and do
All the things we've been longing to
Though he's far away
I'll find my love some day
Some day when my dreams come true

He's somewhere waiting for me
There is someone I'm longing to see
Someone I simply can't help but adore
Someone who thrills me forever more

Some day some day
I said I'm gonna find my love some day
Some day some day
I said I'm gonna find my love my love some day
Some day some day
I said some day I'm gonna find my love
Some day some day
I said he's out there waiting for me
Some day some day
I said some day
Some day some day
Oh no no no no no no

Some day some day
I said some day my prince is
Some day some day
He'll whisper "I love you"
Some day some day
I said he's somewhere waiting for me
Some day some day
I said he's gonna come baby to me
Some day some day -

He had silver and gold
Riches untold
And the beast of the field lay at his feet

Everybody bowed
He wondered why or how
It all came to be

No one understood his sorrow
No one saw his pain
He way praying for grace
Ravens pray for rain

And when he stood before the altar
Solomon sang
Solomon sang

Wisdom was his calling
Pride sent him falling
Love was blissful misery

When the days grew dim
Life begin again
In the questions of the Queen

Did she understand his sorrow
Did she see his pain
Vanity and precious stones
Weigh you down the same

But when he laid down with Mekeda
Solomon sang
Solomon sang

Love for woman
Love for God
Not so simple
Not too hard
For the spirit
Pleasure is sweet
And surrender set him free
Free
Set him free

When our time is ended
How will we have spent it
Did we see the beauty in each day

Was it God's devotion
Behind each emotion
Or did it all just slip away

Can you understand his sorrow
Can you see his pain
Nothing lives forever
But the love that bears your name

And when he stood up in the temple
Solomon sang

Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Solomon sang

He had silver and gold
Riches untold
And the beast of the field lay at his feet

Everybody bowed
He wondered why or how
It all came to be

No one understood his sorrow
No one saw his pain
He way praying for grace
Ravens pray for rain

And when he stood before the altar
Solomon sang
Solomon sang

Wisdom was his calling
Pride sent him falling
Love was blissful misery

When the days grew dim
Life begin again
In the questions of the Queen

Did she understand his sorrow
Did she see his pain
Vanity and precious stones
Weigh you down the same

But when he laid down with Mekeda
Solomon sang
Solomon sang

Love for woman
Love for God
Not so simple
Not too hard
For the spirit
Pleasure is sweet
And surrender set him free
Free
Set him free

When our time is ended
How will we have spent it
Did we see the beauty in each day

Was it God's devotion
Behind each emotion
Or did it all just slip away

Can you understand his sorrow
Can you see his pain
Nothing lives forever
But the love that bears your name

And when he stood up in the temple
Solomon sang

Solomon sang
Solomon sang
Solomon sang

Skylark
Have you anything to say to me?
Won't you tell me where my love can be?
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone's waiting to be kissed?

Oh skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring?
Where my heart can go a journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane

And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night?
Wonderful music
Faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon
Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon

Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there
Oh skylark
Won't you lead me there?

Skylark
Have you anything to say to me?
Won't you tell me where my love can be?
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone's waiting to be kissed?

Oh skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring?
Where my heart can go a journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane

And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night?
Wonderful music
Faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon
Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon

Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there
Oh skylark
Won't you lead me there?

'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
In a world of steel eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail
Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
And the one eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Oh Sankofa, high on the Heavens you soar
My soul is soon to follow you, back to yesterdays moon
will it remember me?
Back to yesterdays sun, It will rekindle me
Rekindle the spirit into tomorrow and high on the wind
Sankofa flys again and again

Oh Sankofa, high on the Heavens you soar
My soul is soon to follow you, back to yesterdays moon
will it remember me?
Back to yesterdays sun, It will rekindle me
Rekindle the spirit into tomorrow and high on the wind
Sankofa flys again and again

Oh Sankofa, high on the Heavens you soar
My soul is soon to follow you, back to yesterdays moon
will it remember me?
Back to yesterdays sun, It will rekindle me
Rekindle the spirit into tomorrow and high on the wind
Sankofa flys again and again

I got High John in my pocket
And mud in my shoes
Walked all the way from Mississippi
Just to spread the news

Don't care for idle conversation
I'm not your girl about town
But when it comes to make music
I run the voodoo down

And here in this quiet place I own
Worlds are born

The night of my conception
The star were fixed
Conjure woman told my mother
She's gonna run and twist

Don't have to worry 'bout her learning
She's gonna get around
And when it comes to traveling
She'll run the voodoo down

Here in this quiet place we own
We're born

Destiny is my deliverance
I walk this road alone
I take my pleasure in remembering
I'm just a rolling stone

And I don't mind some company
If you want to stay around
But when it comes to my loving
I run the voodoo down

And here in this quiet place I own
Worlds are born

This world may be so unkind
Blindness abounds, deaf to the sounds
Sweeter than angels' voices
Calling from beyond the water

Black child break wild
Move this world, no need to fear
All the tears and the pain
Will dissipate like clouds in summer
After rain that rings with thunder

Spirits move through you
Day by day, day by day
Now is the time for redesigning a mind
You will need to rock this calling
And send the mighty swifly falling
Swiftly falling, falling

This world may be so unkind
Blindness abounds, deaf to the sounds
Sweeter than angels' voices
Calling from beyond the water

Black child break wild
Move this world, no need to fear
All the tears and the pain
Will dissipate like clouds in summer
After rain that rings with thunder

Spirits move through you
Day by day, day by day
Now is the time for redesigning a mind
You will need to rock this calling
And send the mighty swifly falling
Swiftly falling, falling