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29 Oct 97 - 12:03 PM (#15493) Subject: Need lyrics/chords to From: Jack Murray I've been asked to perform "One Paper Kid" by Emmylou Harris. I can't find the lyrics or chords anywhere. If you can help, please e-mail me at jaxon@norfolk-county.com Many thanks. |
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30 Oct 97 - 12:14 AM (#15527) Subject: RE: Need lyrics/chords to From: Charlie Baum "'One Paper Kid' which my father bought for two paper zuzim..." [Sorry for the arcane punning, but I couldn't help myself; good luck in the search for the REAL lyrics.] [N.B. to those who don't understand the above paragraphs--it's a play on the Passover song Chad Gadya, in the Aramaic language. Chad Gadya=One Kid (i.e., baby goat).] |
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10 Apr 05 - 06:47 PM (#1457533) Subject: Lyr Add: ONE PAPER KID (Walter Martin Cowart) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://www.lyricscafe.com/h/harris_emmylou/emmy158.html ONE PAPER KID (Walter Martin Cowart) Cowboys and Indians and trees he could climb Tomorrow came too fast but he didn't mind The distance was short so light it again It don't take no time to get where I am But one paper kid wasn't really so mean Just a little bit scarred and a little bit green And he'd heard of a place it was legal to dream So he sat with his coffee in a blue Texas wind And he wrote on a rock The one paper kid is rollin' again Driver was drunk or he just didn't see The future is there; it'll happen to me And all the time that he wasted was his once again Ah, it never takes long to get where you've been Broken hearts scattered all over the past Old bad memories trying to last Whiskey and women and growing up fast Fussing and loving and itching like grass Hell that one paper kid wasn't really so mean Just a little bit weird cause times were so lean Now he's gone to a place where it's legal to dream No camels, no coffee, no cold morning winds It was wrote on a rock The one paper kid is rollin' again |
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10 Apr 05 - 06:56 PM (#1457545) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: One Paper Kid (from Emmylou Ha From: Peace Good work, Jim. Jim, where are you finding these threads? Maybe I could help with the 'clean up'. Let me know, OK? Bruce |
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10 Apr 05 - 07:50 PM (#1457582) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: One Paper Kid (from Emmylou Harris From: Stewie Guy Clark also recorded this on his 1978 self-titled LP for Warner Bros. Reissued on the 2-CD set Guy Clark 'Craftsman' Philo CD PH 1184/85. --Stewie. |