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PLAY ME BACKWARDS
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(Written by Joan Baez, Wally Wilson, Kenny Greenberg & Karen O'Connor)
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You don't have to play me backwards
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To get the meaning of my verse
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You don't have to die and go to hell
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To feel the devil's curse
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Well I thought my life was a photograph
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On the family Christmas card
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Kids all dressed in buttons and bows
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And lined up in the yard
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Were the golden days of childhood
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So lyrical and warm
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Or did the picture start to fade
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On the day that I was born
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I've seen them light the candles
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I've heard them bang the drum
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And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice!
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And I got no place to run
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Let the night begin there's a pop of skin
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And the sudden rush of scarlet
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There's a little boy riding on a goat's head
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And a little girl playing the harlot
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There's a sacrifice in an empty church
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Of sweet li'l baby Rose
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And a man in a mask from Mexico
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Is peeling off my clothes
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I've seen them light the candles
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I've heard them bang the drum
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And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice!
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And I got no place to run
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So I'm paying for protection
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Smoking out the truth
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Chasing recollections
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Nailing down the proof
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You don't have to play me backwards
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To get the meaning of my verse
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You don't have to die and go to hell
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To feel the devil's curse
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I'll stand before your altar
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And tell everything I know
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I've come to claim my childhood
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At the chapel of baby Rose
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I've seen them light the candles
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I've heard them bang the drum
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I've seen them light the candles
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I've heard them bang the drum
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¨Ï 1992 Gabriel Earl Music (ASCAP), Sony Cross Keys Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP), Greenberg Music (BMI)
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PLAY ME BACKWARDS
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| joan baez |
