787 Baby, see how I been living Traced your scent through the gloom Tangerines and persimmons Come to my world and witness I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor 787 Baby, see how I been living Velvet curtains on the windows to keep The bright and unforgiving light from shining through Baby, I remember all the things we did when we slept together In the blue behind your eyelids, baby, sweet baby Traced your scent through the gloom 'Til I found these purple flowers I was spent, I was soon smelling you for hours Lavender, lotus blossoms too Water the dirt, flowers last for you, baby, sweet baby Tangerines and persimmons And sugarcane, grapes and honeydew melon Enough fit for a queen Lemon trees don't make a sound 'til branches bend And fruit falls to the ground, baby, sweet baby Come to my world and witness The way things have changed 'Cause I finally did it, baby, I got out of La Grange Got in my mercury and drove out west, pedal to the metal And my luck to the test, baby, sweet baby I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor I been cryin' for you, boy, but truth is my savior Baby, sweet baby, if it's all the same Take the glory any day over the fame, baby, sweet baby I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor I been cryin' for you, boy, but truth is my savior Baby, sweet baby, if it's all the same Take the glory any day over the fame, baby, sweet baby Lucinda Williams Fruits of My Labor Lyricist:Lucinda Williams Baby, see how I been living Baby, I remember all the things we did Traced your scent through the gloom Lavender,
lotus blossoms too Tangerines and persimmons and sugarcane Lemon trees don't make a sound Come to my world and witness Got in my Mercury and drove out
west I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same Baby, see how I been living Baby, I remember all the things we did Traced your scent through the gloom Lavender, lotus blossoms too Tangerines and persimmons and sugarcane Lemon trees don't make a sound Come to my world and witness Got in my Mercury and drove out west I been
tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same |