Alice Wallace – „Elephants“ (2018)
Herausragende (Country-)Sängerin aus Kalifornien, deren Stimme ich sehr mag. Hier singt sie einen gut geschriebenen, nahegehenden, zeitgemäßen Song von Andrew Delaney. Ihre schön arrangierte Country-Version übertrifft das Original (von 2017).
Walk with a purpose through the parking lot
Keys in your knuckles cause you ain’t got claws
Remembering when your daddy taught you that
Boys will be boys you gotta watch your back
Sittin‘ there drinkin‘ at the bar alone
Sharks come circle wanna take you home
Better not play coy, better not be mean
Boys will be boys and they are fragile things
[Refrain:]
And they got names for the ones who talk back
And the ones who wear those clothes
They got names for the ones who say „yes“
And the one’s who say „no“
Say baby, why you gotta be that way
Give me a smile, you got a pretty face
There are things you do and things you can’t
Live quiet as a mouse in a room full of elephants
Don’t he look so handsome in his Sunday best
He said he’s sorry, you know the rest
Shouldn’t really blame him he’s just a kid
Boys will be boys, don’tcha call him what he is?
But they got names for the ones who talk back
And the ones who wear those clothes
They got names for the ones who say „yes“
And the one’s who say „no“
Hey baby, why ya gotta be that way?
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To Hell with Poverty