Ode to Billy Joe - Patty Smyth

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was baling hay And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet" And then she said "I got some news this morning from Chocktow Ridge Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahachee Bridge" Papa said to Mama as he passed around the black eyed peas "Well Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits please There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow" And Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow Seems like nothing ever comes to no good up on Chocktow Ridge And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahachee Bridge Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe, Put a frog down my back at the Carrol County picture show, And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night, I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know, it don't seem right I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctow Ridge And now you tell me Billy Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite? I've been cooking all morning and you haven't touched a single bite That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way, He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Chocktow Ridge And she and Billy Joe was throwing something off the Tallahachee Bridge" A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Chocktow Ridge And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahachee Bridge

Why'd you tell me that you won't see me no more I say baby, baby, baby do you wanna watch me crawl across the floor 'Cause anyone can learn to pull a trigger Anyone can break a heart in two It's so easy for you But if there's love in your heart Just let it Shine, shine, shine Shine, shine, shine Shine, shine, shine All over me One day you'll turn around When all your friends are gone, ooh You'll be sorry boy but sorry won't keep you warm So darling hold me now my heart is hungry All I need is a taste of you Let love pull us through And like a light in the dark Just let it Shine, shine, shine Shine, shine, shine, Shine, shine, shine And all of your days baby All of your nights I'll make you shimmer with love A brilliant sacrifice Ain't nobody out there gonna love you this way So come build me a fire Do you hear what I say Just let it Shine, shine, shine I wanna feel it Shine, shine, shine I wanna see it Shine, shine, shine I wanna feel your love for me I wanna touch your love for me I wanna see your love for me All of your days baby All of your nights I'll make you shimmer with love A brilliant sacrifice Anyone can learn to pull the trigger Anyone can break a heart in two You know it's just too easy for you

Hold up girl, just wind it slow Hold up girl, just wind it slow Hold up girl, just wind it slow Hold up girl She's a twerkoholic, she's a twerkoholic She's a twerkoholic, she needs me to get her started My love is gonna get her faded She said my love is so intoxicating Ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop Baby ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop (Baby!) If you stay with me I'll do this verse I'll be your designated driver, girl I wanna take you home Straight to the bed, let's skip the pillow talk I know that I deserve you Baby show me what that twerk do Baby show me what that twerk do Show me how you work you too Hold up girl, just wind it slow I'mma take you where you tryna go She gon need rehab fo sure Cus everywhere that she go Hold up, let me clear my throat (uhhhm) She's a twerkoholic, she's a twerkoholic She's a twerkoholic, she needs me to get her started My love is gonna get her faded She said my love is so intoxicating Ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop Baby ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop (Baby!) Shawty turned up to the max All I wanna do is throw stacks Baby go ahead and look back, go on and look back at it Girl you got, you got it Show them other girls that you know just what you are Hold up girl, just wind it slow I'mma take you where you tryna go She gon need rehab fo sure Cus everywhere that she go Hold up, let me clear my throat (uhhhm) She's a twerkoholic (damn right), she's a twerkoholic (oh yea) She's a twerkoholic, she needs me to get her started (oh yea) My love is gonna get her faded She said my love is so intoxicating Ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop Baby ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop (Baby!) I... girl the way you stop and you go I would do whatever, class When I come around you lose control (Hold up, hold up, hold up, aye!) Hold up girl, just wind it slow I'mma take you where you tryna go She gon need rehab fo sure Cus everywhere that she go Hold up, let me clear my throat (uhhhm) She's a twerkoholic, she's a twerkoholic She's a twerkoholic, she needs me to get her started My love is gonna get her faded She said my love is so intoxicating Ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop Baby ride, ride, ride my lovin Baby ride my love and don't stop (Baby!)

I've been up for so long But I don't know where I'm going I got a one track mind But I don't know if it's showing Don't wanna stay in my lane If you're gonna drift And if I'm in the backseat Well, you gotta listen Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart Drive me like Nascar Another lap and then restart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart, heart, heart, heart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart Drive me like Nascar Another lap and then restart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart, heart, heart, heart We can lower our flags If you wanna keep going I'm the front-runner type But I want you to own it I get this deja vu A tunnel vision of us two So if I'm in the backseat Well, you gotta listen Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart Drive me like Nascar Another lap and then restart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart, heart, heart, heart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart Drive me like Nascar Another lap and then restart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart, heart, heart, heart And if I'm in the backseat Well, you gotta listen Heart, heart, heart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart Drive me like Nascar Another lap and then restart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart, heart, heart, heart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart Drive me like Nascar Another lap and then restart Drive me like Nascar Push the pedal on my heart, heart, heart, heart Take the wheel And take me home How's it feel To rev it up, rev it up Rev it up, rev it up Take the wheel (drive me baby) And take me home (drive me baby) How's it feel (drive me, drive) Rev it up! (I want you to drive me baby) Heart, heart, heart

I was holding on tight I knew something wasn't right You could've saved myself from me Could I save myself from me? Till the water runs dry Till you're flooding up my sky You know I had to leave Now I got Everything I need, everything I need I thought I was past it Wouldn't you agree And babe I can't do what you please Cause I got everything What do you want from me? Why are you here to say you love me? (Ah ah ah) What do you need from me? You got the look like Love What do you want from me? Why are you here to say you love me? (Ah ah ah) What do you need from me? You got the look like Love We were loving too bright All of the flaws and the flood light You know I couldn't see You made me have to leave You saw my curves like a knife And you cut me just right I watched in disbelief Now I got Everything I need Everything I need I thought we were past it Wouldn't you agree And babe I can't believe you're here Right in front of me What do you want from me? Why are you here to say you love me? (Ah ah ah) What do you need from me? You got the look like Love What do you want from me? Why are you here to say you love me? (Ah ah ah) What do you need from me? You got the look like Love I don't want to feel it But I know if I appeal it Is it really gonna make me stay? Oh Onomatopoeia do I really wanna see ya Do I really wanna be okay? Oh Why would I drag the knife on the scar? I'm a little tipsy, think I'm seeing stars I'll be by the bar cause we didn't make it far But we had it in our heart Yeah we had it in our heart I don't want to feel it But I know if I appeal it Is it really gonna make me stay? Oh Onomatopoeia do I really wanna see ya Do I really wanna be okay? Oh Why would I drag the knife on the scar? I'm a little tipsy, think I'm seeing stars I'll be by the bar cause we didn't make it far But we had it in our heart Yeah we had it in our heart Love