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There Grows A Tree in Paradise

by Belle-Skinner

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1.
Yayo 03:20
I like the snake on your tattoo I like the Ivy and the Ink blue, yayo, yeah you, yayo You have to take me right now From this dark trailer park Life now, yayo, how now, yayo Put me onto your black motorcycle Fifties baby doll dress for my 'I do" It only takes two hours to Nevada I wear your sparkle You call me your mama Let me put on a show for you tiger Let me put on a show Let me put on a show I said hey Let me put on a show Hello Heaven You are a tunnel lined with yellow lights On a dark night (Dark night) Yayo, yes you, yayo So put me onto your black motorcycle Fifties baby doll dress for my 'I do" It only takes two hours to Nevada I wear your sparkle You call me your mama Let me put on a show for you honey Let me put on a show Let me put on a show for you I said hey Let me put on a show
2.
My life is likened to a bargain store And I may have just what you're looking for If you don't mind the fact that all the merchandise is used But with a little mending it could be as good as new Why you take for instance this old broken heart If you will just replace the missing part You would be surprised to find how good it really is Take it and you never will be sorry that you did The bargain store is open, come inside You can easily afford the price Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise And I can guarantee you'll be completely satisfied Take these old used memories from the past And these broken dreams and plans that didn't last I'll trade them for a future, I can't use them anymore I've wasted love but I still have some more The bargain store is open, come inside You can easily afford the price Love is all you need to purchase all the merchandise And I can guarantee you'll be completely satisfied My life is likened to a bargain store And I may have just what you're looking for If you don't mind the fact that all the merchandise is used But with a little mending it could be as good as new The bargain store is open, come inside The bargain store is open, come inside
3.
Hush little baby, don't you cry, You know your mother was born to die All my trials, Lord, soon be over The river of Jordan is chilly and cold It chills the body but it warms the soul, All my trials, Lord soon be over I've got a little book with pages three, And every page spells liberty, All my trials Lord, soon be over Too late my brothers, too late But never mind All my trials, Lord soon be over If living were a thing that money could buy, You know the rich would live And the poor would die, All my trials Lord, soon be over There grows a tree in Paradise, The pilgrims call it the tree of life, All my trials Lord, soon be over Too late my brothers, too late But never mind All my trials, Lord soon be over
4.
The Virgin Mary had one Son Ooh, Glory Hallelujia Ooh, Pretty little baby Glory be to the newborn King Some call him Jesus, I think I'll call him Saviour Ooh, I think I'll call him Saviour Glory be to the newborn King Riding from the East there came three wise men, Ooh, came three wise man, Ooh, came three wise man, Glory to be the new born King. Said, "Follow that star, you'll surely find the baby, Ooh, surely find the baby, Ooh, surely find the baby, Glory be to the new born King". Well, the Virgin Mary had a one son Ooh, Glory Hallelujia Ooh, Pretty little baby Glory be to the newborn King
5.
Oh my name it ain't nothin' My age it means less The country I come from Is called the Midwest I was taught and brought up there The laws to abide And that land that I live in Has God on its side Oh, the history books tell it They tell it so well The cavalries charged The Indians fell The cavalries charged The Indians died Oh, the country was young With God on its side The Spanish-American War had its day And the Civil War, too Was soon laid away And the names of the heroes I was made to memorize With guns in their hands And God on their side The First World War, boys It came and it went The reason for fighting I never did get But I learned to accept it Accept it with pride For you don't count the dead When God's on your side The Second World War Came to an end We forgave the Germans And then we were friends Though they murdered six million In the ovens they fried The Germans now, too Have God on their side I've learned to hate the Russians All through my whole life If another war comes It's them we must fight To hate them and fear them To run and to hide And accept it all bravely With God on my side But now we got weapons Of chemical dust If fire them, we're forced to Then fire, them we must One push of the button And a shot the world wide And you never ask questions When God's on your side Through many a dark hour I've been thinkin' about this That Jesus Christ was Betrayed by a kiss But I can't think for you You'll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side. So now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as Hell The confusion I'm feelin' Ain't no tongue can tell The words fill my head And fall to the floor That if God's on our side He'll stop the next war
6.
Little cuckoo bird Why you sitting in the hollow tree? While you’re singing in the ivy Don’t forget about me. Have you ever heard What they say about the carefree? Did you ever really care for me, Little bird, high in your tree? (ooh) Little, little one Only you know what I’m thinking of I am dreaming of my one true love When you open up and sing And all the other birds They don’t know, they don’t compare with the Things that you know how to do, you see Little bird, but do you see… That my heart is breaking every time I think of you leaving, For the night’s are young Winter’s come Soon you’ll slip away How I wish that I could keep you safe Here in my arms, forevermore But I know it can’t be so I hate to see you go. Little, little one Only know one thing before you leave You don’t know how you have cared for me Every moment that you sing And maybe someone new Would be happy if they heard your song But I pray that it won’t be long ‘Til you come back in the spring (lala) How I miss you more each passing breath But I hope it won’t be long ‘Til you might come back to me Sing sweetly. (ooh) Little cuckoo bird, I’ll remember you—remember me, Though I never could be carefree, Don’t forget about me.

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A collection of songs recorded to 8-track tape machine on a rainy day. It's a mix of favorite covers I play live, including a guitar version of my original song "Little Cuckoo Bird"

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released December 18, 2020

Recorded by Rick Spataro at Onlyness Analog in Albany
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Mixed/mastered by Kevin S. McMahon at Marcata Recording, New Paltz, NY www.kevinsmcmahon.com

Performance/vocals/guitar by Belle-Skinner

Album Artwork by Mila Kapustina milakapustina.com

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Belle-Skinner is an indie-folk artist from upstate NY/Bklyn who mixes mid-century pop with fingerstyle contemporary folk, and then makes you cry.

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