Dress of Laces
Nanci Griffith
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[Chorus:] And she has a dress of laces It's worn in many places The shoulder hangs upon her by a thread And she has a need for sharin' For someone warm and carin' And no one sees a heart that's underfed Young girl in love Young girl in tears She hasn't seen the man she loves in years And her mother is a waitress At the harbour bar, good graces Where the seamen come a fishin' with their lines And it was one of them that caught her And left her with a daughter Who lives with hate and loving him in mind [Chorus:] So the young girl goes to the water And she calls out for her father But she ain't seen the old man in some time Yes, and he was always boastin' Just a drinkin' and a toastin' And one day he left his family far behind [Chorus:] So the mother comes home a drinkin' With a sailor who's a thinkin' out loud That he might stay with them awhile So she loads her mother's pistol And she shoots him as he whistles A song about a sailor's life in style Young girl in love Young girl in tears She kills the only man she's loved in years And with him dies her hopes, her dreams, her fears [Chorus:] And no one sees a heart that's underfed
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Written by: JOHN LESLIE GRIMAUDO, STEVE PUNTENNEY
Lyrics © HIPGNOSIS SONGS GROUP
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