Winnsboro, Louisiana

David Forman (1976)

David Forman1976

Bee gees

Man on wire

Winnsboro, LouisianaI remember Louisiana

Where my grandma used to stay

There was all them smiling faces

All that help along the way

I remember when Rose-Anna

Asked if she could kiss my face

Winnsboro, LouisianaI remember Wilhelmina

Who would mind the kitchen stove

And every time that my uncle Joe

Took me to the movie show

I remember how I wondered

Why the people talked so slow

Winnsboro, LouisianaThinking about Winnsboro

I know everything has changed

You know I miss that summer so

And I can’t go back again.

Winnsboro, LouisianaI remember Bernard’s garden

Where I chased the dog all day

Crawling under that wooden frame

Where the whole world smelled like hay

I remember all those secrets

Learning what the crows had to say

Winnsboro, LouisianaI remember all them poor boys

Who would fight to get a dime

But now that I’ve lived a longer time

I can see Winnsboro’s crimes

I remember, I was so young

It was easy to be blind

Winnsboro, LouisianaThinking about Winnsboro

I know everything has changed

You know I miss that summer so

And I can’t go back again.

David FormanTitel cd/lp: David Forman

Arista 1976

Thema: schaamte

Een heel ander liedje, over hetzelfdeKnoxville: summer of 1915Tekst: James Agee (1909-1955) (1935)

Componist: Samuel Barber (1910-1981) (in 1947)

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