lirik lagu lisa sawyer (live at sxsw 2015) – leon bridges
[intro]
ooh, ooh
ooh*ooh*ooh, ooh
ooh*ooh*ooh, ooh
ooh*ooh*ooh*ooh*ooh
[verse 1]
she was born in new orleans
new orleans, louisiana (ba*ba*doo, ba*ba, ba*ba)
branded with the name lisa sawyer (ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
circa 1963 (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
[verse 2]
grandmother was indian, indian (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
her mother’s name was eartha, swift as the wind (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
fierce as fire (ba*ba)
her father’s name was victor (ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
worked two jobs to provide for his flock (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
[verse 3]
she was the youngest of seven, seven (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
she grew up on louisa street (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
chaos around, but inside cozy (ba*ba)
small, but a mansion in her eyes (ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
eyes, eyes, mansion
[verse 4]
never had much money, money (ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
but was filthy rich (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
with the wealth you couldn’t get from a dark casino (ba*ba)
or a lottery ticket
they had love, love, love (ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
rich in love
[interlude]
won’t you play that for me one time?
[saxophone solo]
ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba
ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba
ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba
ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba
[verse 5]
she had the complexion of (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
the complexion of a sweet praline (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
hair long as the sea, heart warm like the louisiana sun (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
voice like a symphony
of the most beautiful instruments, woah
beautiful
[verse 6]
at the age of sixteen, sixteen (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
she found christ at an altar (ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
all along he was calling her name (ba*ba, ba*ba*doo, ba*ba)
the gospel spoken from an old wrinkly man
man, man
gospel
[outro]
she was born in new orleans
she was born in new orleans
she was born in new orleans
new orleans
‘preciate y’all for rocking with us tonight, uh, today
this a little old tune of mine called “river”
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