Dress Of Laces
Words & Music by John Grimaudo & Saylor White
@1997 Copano Music/Monkeyfish Music (BMI)
Administered By Flying Elephant Music
NANCI GRIFFITH: Vocal
LYLE LOVEIT: Harmony Vocal
ERIC TAYLOR: Harmony Vocal
JAMES HOOKER: Piano
DOUG LANCIO: Gut String Guitar
RON DE LA VEGA: Bass
PAT MCINERNEY: Drums, Percussion
FRANK CHRISTIAN: Acoustic Guitar
Strings arranged by KRISTIN WILKINSON & NANCI GRIFFITH
CHRISTIAN TEAL: Violin
KRISTIN WILKINSON: Viola
JOHN CATCHINGS: Cello
RON DE LA VEGA: Cello
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
Chorus:
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
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
And no one sees a heart that's underfed
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