Queenie

Letra de Queenie

Grandma's name was Maybellene But everybody called her Queenie She raised three boys all by herself So she smoked just like a chimney She rolled her own and she laughed too loud Drove a bright red station wagonShe cussed like a sailor so she was pretty much The coolest thing I could imagine She played black music on the radio Kinda slow danced while she was sweepin' Sometimes when the daylight turned I'd catch her gently weepin'She said, "sometimes, you just have to cry" That's the price you pay to have a better life Oh, and this old world gets hard When you're carryin' an orphan's heartShe lived alone for fifteen years Then one day, she just got tired of the silence So two weeks later, she packed it up And moved in right beside us 'Cause mama and daddy both worked so much Oh, if there was trouble, I could find itSo now they had an extra pair of eyes Tell you the truth, I didn't mind it She'd buy me baseball cards and let me stay up late Taught me every dirty joke I ever told you She'd let me play guitar and turn it up too loud Aw, man, I loved her more than Coca-ColaOh, so I just had to sit and cry I held her hand and said my last goodbye Oh, and this old world gets hard When you're carryin' an orphan's heartCarryin' an orphan's heart