• Song:

    Yankee Lady

  • Artist:

    Jesse Winchester

  • Album:

    Live at the Bijou Cafe

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I lived with the decent folks 
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In the hills of old Vermont 

Where what you do all day 
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Depends on what you want 
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And I took up with a woman there 
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Though I was still a kid 

And I smile like the sun 
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To think of all the loving that we did 

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She rose each morning and went to work 
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And she kept me with her pay 

I was making sweet love all night 
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And playing guitar all day 
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And I got apple cider and homemade bread 
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to make a man say grace 

And clean linens on my bed 
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And a warm feet fire place 

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Yankee lady so good to me 
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Yankee lady just a memory 
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Yankee lady so good to me 
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Your memory, that s enough for me 

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An autumn walk on a country road 
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With a million flaming trees 

I was feeling uneasy 
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Cause there was winter in the breeze 
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And she said, "Oh Jesse, look over there, 
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the birds are southward bound 
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Oh Jesse, I'm so afraid 
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to lose the love that we've found 

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Yankee lady so good to me 
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Yankee lady just a memory 
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Yankee lady so good to me 
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Your memory, that s enough for me 

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I don't know what called to me 
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But I know had to go 

I left Vermont town 
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With a lift to Mexico 
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And now when I see myself 
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As a stranger by my birth 

Yankee lady's memory 
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Reminds me of my worth 

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Yankee lady so good to me 
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Yankee lady just a memory 
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Yankee lady so good to me 
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Your memory, that s enough for me
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