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жанры: banjo, folk, singer-songwriter
альбомы: The Triumphs & Travails Of Orphan Mae
Jailhouse Fire
автор:
Laura Veirs
жанры: banjo, folk, singer-songwriter
альбомы: The Triumphs & Travails Of Orphan Mae
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Did you see that lady there? They stripped her to her underwear She took it one step further and stripped to bare Through the rising flames and smoke She laughed as all the police choked And then she danced in the government pyreThe jailhouse is on fire The jailhouse is on fireShe grabbed a guard and stole his keys Unlocked the cells, and set us free And we ran and caught our pants on the old barbed wire We hit the dirt we hit the road We jumped the fence, we kissed a toad And we hollered at the ladies in the churchyard choirThe jailhouse is on fire The jailhouse is on fireI hopped a train and headed west Free woman now just like the rest All the hobos on the line called me a liar The train it choked and spewed and spat And coal smoke billowed thick and black And she was everywhere and rising higherShe set the jailhouse on fire She set the jailhouse on fire
Это интересно:Laura Veirs is an American singer-songwriter.Veirs was raised in Colorado. While she heard folk-country, classical, and pop music at home, she didn't "listen seriously," she says, until her 20s. While she was a college student at Carleton College, when she joined an all-girl punk band called "Rair Kx!". She now lives in Portland, Oregon. After graduation, her taste moved to older country and folk. At Carleton she studied geology and Mandarin Chinese. After graduation, she worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China; during the trip she began writing lyrics.In 1999, Veirs released self-titled album, which was recorded live and featuring just her... продолжение
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