letra de 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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