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Highwomen lyrics
[Verse 1: Brandi Carlile]
I was a Highwoman
And a mother from my youth
For my children, I did what I had to do
My family left Honduras when they killed the Sandinistas
We followed a coyote through the dust of Mexico
Every one of them except for me survived
And I am still alive
[Verse 2: Amanda Shires]
I was a healer
I was gifted as a girl
I laid hands upon the world
Someone saw me sleeping naked in the noon sun
I heard "witchcraft" in the whispers and I knew my time had come
The bastards hung me at the Salem gallows hill
But I am living still
[Verse 3: Yola]
I was a freedom rider
When we thought the South had won
Virginia in the spring of '61
I sat down on the Greyhound that was bound for Mississippi
My mother asked me if that ride was worth my life
And when the shots rang out, I never heard the sound
But I am still around
[Chorus]
And I'll take that ride again
And again, and again, and again, and again
[Verse 4: Natalie Hemby]
I was a preacher
My heart broke for all the world
But teaching was unrighteous for a girl
In the summer, I was baptized in the mighty Colorado
In the winter, I heard the hounds and I knew I had been found
And in my Savior's name, I laid my weapons down
But I am still around
[Verse 5: All]
We are The Highwomen
Singing stories still untold
We carry the sons you can only hold
We are the daughters of the silent generations
You send our hearts to die alone in foreign nations
And they return to us as tiny drops of rain
But we will still remain
[Chorus]
And we'll come back again
And again, and again, and again, and again
We'll come back again
And again, and again, and again, and again
The Highwomen: Top 3
1. | Highwomen |
2. | Wheels of Laredo |
3. | If She ever Leaves Me |
Comments
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A tribute to The Highwaymen’s title track, instead of detailing the stories of different working men, this song details the stories of powerful women fighting for what they believe in.
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– Some explanatory notes for those not fully fluent in American history and current events:
Verse 1: - note: “coyote” here does NOT mean the literal animal!, but rather, is the common term for
a people-smuggler who guides illegal immigrants across the border from Mexico into the U.S.,
often through dangerous deserts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_(person)
Sandinistas: A left-wing, people's liberation movement in Nicaragua and Honduras in the 1980s, which was brutally suppressed by right-wing military dictatorships – with massive covert military
help from Reagan and the CIA – help which was in fact illegal, because it had specifically been
outlawed by legislation passed by the United States Congress!
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Verse 2: - the reference is to the Salem witch trials in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexenprozesse_von_Salem
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Verse 3: - Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated
Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the illegal segregation on public
busses in the South. Greyhound is the name of the largest and oldest nationwide interstate bus
company in the U.S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Riders
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Ride
And cf. especially: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Liuzzo ! ! !
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