Testo King Heroin - Shirley Caesar
Testo della canzone King Heroin (Shirley Caesar), tratta dall'album Treasures
Mothers, I want you to get all of your teenagers together
And gather them around the radio
I wanna tell you a little story
There was a girl that left a good home
To go out on her own
She wanted to see the world, yes
And have a lot of fun
But she didn't know right then, yeah, yeah
That she would meet a man
A man called King Heroin
Now, her mother, she cried
And walked right by her side
Said, "Honey, please don't go
Please don't go, honey"
But in her foolish pride
She pushed her mother aside
She said, "Mother, I'm old enough to know"
Now, let me talk to you a little bit
It was at a midnight ramble
Where she met a man called King Heroin
He whispered in her ear in smooth tones so low
Now, listen to him
In his deadly charm
Saying, "Give me your arm
Let me take you higher than you've ever been before"
Let me show you where they went from there
On to New York
On to, yeah, the Boardwalk
To the south side of Chicago
And many a southern town
She made California, yeah
And Flagstaff, Arizona
But never a thought of going back home
Now, let me talk to you a little bit more
Now, the news reached her down in Reno
To come on home at once
But home your darling mother is laying there dying
But you know what, young folk?
She couldn't go right then, oh yeah
She had to pay a man
A man called King Heroin
One more thing I wanna tell you
She left Reno, Nevada, yeah
Trying to thumb a ride
No one helped her
They just pushed her aside
But she wasn't through just yet
She had one final debt
Owe to a man called King Heroin
Now, this is about the end of it, listen
On Route 66
A cold body lies
No one knows her name, oh yeah
But a note found in her jeans
Though tragic it may seem
Reads, "Mommy, I'm coming home"
Credits
Writer(s): James Brown, Charles Bobbitt, Dave Matthews, Manny Rosen
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