Tobacco - Emma Bieniewicz

A) TOBACCO ROAD - Part One I was born in a filthy dump, my mother died and my daddy got drunk And they left me here, yes, to die or grow In the middle of Tobacco Road... I grew up in prefabricated shack When I went to high school, they pulled the clothes off my back Lord above knows how much I loathe This mean old place called Tobacco Road, yes Tobacco Road, let me tell you now, Tobacco Road Talkin' 'bout a road yeah, Tobacco Road, Lord!! Talkin' 'bout your road, talkin' 'bout my road Talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road, talkin' 'bout a road But it's home, hmm, yes it is The only life I've ever known, I've ever known And the Lord knows how much I loathe Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road (road road road) Talkin' 'bout your road (road road road) Talkin' 'bout my road (road road road) You know, baby (road road road) I left my home, yeah (road road road) Because it's dirty and it's filthy (road road road) U know it's crawlin' with rats, and stinkin' with lice (road road road) But it's home, yes it is (road road road) I tell you what I'm gonna do (road road road) I tell you what I'm gonna do (road road road) Oh I'm gonna leave and I get a job And with the help and the grace from above I'll get meself money at the whip get rich I know And ship it all back to Tobacco Road, yes I will I will I'll bring dynamite, and I'll bring me a crane And I'll blow it all up, tear it down, start all over again And I'll build me town, people, I'll be brought to top yes I will I'll be crackin' soul, Lord he knows? I'll be yes, I will and I'll keep the name yes yes yes Come on never forget me, people, AAAAAAHHH!!! Road road, talkin' 'bout a road yeah Talkin' 'bout ya road, talkin' 'bout my road, talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road You know I'm talkin' about it, I'm tellin' you about it, talkin' about it It's gotta be changed, it's got to be changed, I've got to change it B) I HAVE A DREAM I have a dream, everybody has a dream I have a dream, that I can change it I have a dream, that I can make it good once more I have a dream, it's mine and yours and mine and yours Let me tell you 'bout my dream, let me tell you 'bout my dream We gotta to get it out, we have to build it up, tear it down, build it up I had a dream one night, I had a dream one night I was taken to a place far away from Tobacco Road Far away, far away from you, far away from myself I had a dream, I had a dream up above my head I saw something it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life I spoked out loud, I said You know you are the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life I heard a voice tell me I heard a voice say to me It said "What do you want?" I said "I want to change it Because it's wrong I want to change it Because I believe it can be better" The voice said to me "What makes you think that U are man enough to change anything?" I thought for awhile, and then I spoke out loud, and I said to it, I said... "Because I am a man and I am a part of the things that are wrong!!! And if this world must go on, I have to put it right! And I know just by lookin' at you, baby, that you're superior to me And you can help me give me the answers! Give me some answers!!!" She turned around to me and you know what she said She said "I can help you but there's something I want from U is a gift In return for the information I can give. I want a gift from you, I want a gift from you" I tried my very best to look up to the sky And then I realized I had no eyes, I was blind, totally blind!!! I begin to get afraid, afraid of the dark I was afraid, afraid in the darkness But then I thought about my friends who have no eyesight I thought about the world they live in and how much it's nice there How good it made me feel I was not afraid I was not afraid anymore I spoke up louder!!! I said "Listen, you've got my eyesight There isn't much more I can give! Now tell me how do I change it?" The voice said back..."Oh yes there is! We want something more than your eyesight!" I thought for a while And I thought "What more could she want than my eyes?" And then the terrible feeling crept over me As I began to realize that I understood what she was talkin' 'bout I screamed out loud! I said "I'm not-a-give up my life! I'd love to give you my life, but I'm just a young man And I have a wife, I have a wife and a baby And if I die, I know they'll cry, so please don't take my life" Then I heard my wife say, "It's all right baby, I understand Go ahead and do your thing!" There was nowhere I could run I heard my father say "I understand son Go ahead and give it, it's yours to give." Then I heard my mother say the same thing. She said "Go ahead and give it away, I gave to you And now it's yours to give to someone else!!" I was lost, I was lost No place to run no place to hide, no place to run no place to hide I felt it, I knew it I could sense it, I could feel it creepin' up from the tips of my toes Up my legs, over my knees, up over my belly 'Cross my chest, the black shadow of death No place to run, run to, no place to hide So I just laid there and I died, died, died, darkness, stillness C) TOBACCO ROAD - Part Two But it's gotta be change, yes it has! It's gotta be change, yes it has I opened my eyes once more, I breathe again, I walked again I was ten times stronger, they give it back to me I'm gonna give it back to you Life is too precious, life is priceless, life goes on and on and Lord Never stops, never stops, no no It just goes on and on and on and on and on I've got to change that road, I gotta build me a new road We can walk that road together Hand in hand, yes, hand in hand, ah, hand in hand, people, aww, yeah Road road talkin' 'bout a road yeah Talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road, talkin' about Tobacco Road, you know it!! Dirty 'n-a-filthy, dirty 'n-a-filthy, dirty 'n-a-filthy, Tobacco Road, yeah Tobacco Road people, Tobacco Road, yeah Hmm Tobacco Road, yeah, Tobacco Road, oh Lord, Tobacco Road Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a road Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a your road Talkin' 'bout my road, everybody's got a road, yeah Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout it, talkin' 'bout it Talkin 'bout a road, Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road Road Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road Road Don't? Pa! 'Ever stop, don't ever stop me, 'ever stop me! Talkin' 'bout a road road road road I'm coming home baby, I'm coming home, people I'm goiming home now, I'm coming home, yeah I'm coming home, hmm, I'm going home, I'm coming home

I ran my fingers through your hair And I knew that we were in trouble then No need for words when there's sex in the air I can taste you on my body when you're not there You leave love bruises on my thighs You clench your jaw when you catch my eye I stare right back and we sway all night And I swear I saw our freckles in the sky Daydreaming about your lips Your hands all on my hips So give me a little kiss on my nose I wanna feel like I'm your only And I want you close enough to smoke me So pour yourself a drink and come to me (Nice) It's been this way since the night we met Lying in bed smoking cigarettes Passion and romance and that summer sweat Give me love and time and energy and head Daydreaming about your lips Your hands all on my hips So give me a little kiss on my nose I wanna feel like I'm your only And I want you close enough to smoke me So pour yourself a drink and come to me Daydreaming about your lips Your hands all on my hips So give me a little kiss on my nose I wanna feel like I'm your only And I want you close enough to smoke me So pour yourself a drink and come to me

I was born in a dump My mama died, yeah, my daddy got drunk Left me here to die or grow In the middle of Tobacco Road I grew up in here, rusty shack All I own was a-hangin' on my back Lord knows how much I loathe This place called Tobacco Road 'Cause it's home The only life I ever known, yeah And the Lord knows I loathe Tobacco Road, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm gonna leave now, get me a job With the help and the grace of God I'm gonna save my money, get very rich, I know Bring it back to Tobacco Road Bring dynamite here, big old crane Blow it up, tear it down, start all over again Build me a town, be very proud to show Keep the name of Tobacco Road 'Cause it's home The only life I ever known, yeah And the Lord knows I loathe Tobacco Road, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm gonna leave now, get me a job, yeah With the help and the grace of God I'm gonna save my money, get very rich, I know Bring it back to Tobacco Road Bring dynamite here, big old crane Blow it up, tear it down, start all over again Build me a town, be very proud to show Keep the name of Tobacco Road 'Cause it's home The only life I ever known, yeah And the Lord knows I loathe Tobacco Road, yeah Tobacco Road, yeah, yeah, yeah

A nervous wreck A piss poor liar I'll get the chainsaw and you grab the lighter A moonlit pond Filled with bodies Decapitated and reaching out for me I'll go and ruin everything I started It's fine because you're burning too proud to notice In the streetlight With a stop sign Knocking them all out Under rain clouds All the burnout Catching up to me now Easy to haunt me When I'm sleeping Too tired to stop all the feeling Bad about all I did Killing all my friends Left them on the bridges Tracking it all Into the lobby Showing off damage like some kind of trophy A table top Graced with roses Blacker than soot and trying to choke me I'll go and ruin everything I started It's fine because you're drowned out by the furnace In the streetlight With a stop sign Knocking them all out Under rain clouds All the burnout Catching up to me now Easy to haunt me When I'm sleeping Too tired to stop all the feeling Bad about all I did Killing all my friends Left them on the bridges Left them on the bridges Left them on the bridges Left them on the bridges

Confession time The problem lies with you Tomorrow I Won't be by but you knew Fogged up the glass Dangled over the edge with you I wanted to get Swept up in whatever this was I can't make any sense of it Oh I was really lost in it Choking on the words you shoved right down Drowning in your big letdown Your big letdown Big letdown Your big letdown Thought I'd make it Out of this no hands tied I was aching Stop asking, jokes aside Lost in all hope Sifting through every time you lied Can't believe I got Swept up in whatever this was I can't make any sense of it Oh I was really lost in it Choking on the words you shoved right down Drowning in your big letdown Your big letdown Your big letdown Your big letdown Your big letdown You had me Swept up in whatever this was I can't make any sense of it Oh I was really lost in it Choking on the words you shoved right down

All I think about is you It must be your lavender hue Faded violet skies with rain Clouded sun kissing my face Hold on to me now You're the one I can't live without You're home and I don't want to leave The nest we've made for us to be A dream You're a dream

Waiting around In the darkest of nights The smell of the pine Snowflakes clouding eyes Fingers and toes Completely numb and exposed Expecting you to come home Lost in the thought of you by my side I look to the sky and these Lights are like you I'm seeing stars and these Lights are you Uphill I tread No longer mislead This weight on my back Turned petals of all I lack Frozen sweet pea Arms blooming to harbor me Holding onto certainty Lost in the thought of you by my side I look to the sky and these Lights are like you I'm seeing stars and these Lights are you I'm seeing stars and these Lights are you