Daughter
By Kathryn Morski
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Well, I never had me a silk dress face, or a taste for high-heeled shoes.
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I was born into the wrong half of the human race, but I’m tired of paying my dues.
E A E
I’m tired of paying those dues.
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My mama taught me how to sew and sing, and what kind of clothes to choose.
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My daddy gave me his good advice and a permanent case of the blues –
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Yes, a permanent case of the blues.
E A E A D A
I’m tired of being treated as a sweet young thing, tired of living for the public’s eye,
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Tired of trying to walk that line. Gotta walk some line till I die. (Is that right?)
E A E
Gotta walk some line till I die.
C#m B D A
Some days the world gets so damn mean, I could sit right down and cry.
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And still, you know it’s better being who I am than the stereotype of a lie!
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Stereotype of a lie…
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Some days the world seems like a mystery, written without any clues,
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And I sometimes feel I’ve run into so many dead ends
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that my mind’s got a permanent bruise.
E A E
My mind’s got a permanent bruise.
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And still I have affection for this tired old earth, and I wander it as I choose
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Carrying along my curiosity and that permanent case of the blues.
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Permanent case of the blues!
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'Ski Nopsis:
Congratulations, Kathryn!

This piece is part of a tryptic by Kathryn that got accepted to the Photo(GEO)graphy exhibit at the Bonifas Arts Center.
'SKI is still planning our summer 2010. If you know a library where 'SKI should play for the Summer Reading Program, e-mail us and let us know!
Keep your eye open for a remastered version of 'Ski - Live at the Jo. Same great music, different sound!
'Ski is currently recording our new CD "Resisting Rhyme"
E-mail us with suggestions for what songs to put on it.
In our 'Ski-D players:
Kathryn:
Anything by Bonnie Raitt
Brian:
MC Chris is Dead - MC Chris
Black Gives Way to Blue - Alice in Chains
Caitlin:
Shine - Bond
The Three Musketeers (1995) OST
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