sweet lorraine

• patty griffin'in living with ghosts adli albumundeki dokuzuncu $arki. sozleri de $oyle:
  
  sweet lorraine the fiery haired brown eyed schemer
  who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers
  who knew that sunshine don't hold up to dark
  whose businesses fail
  who sleep in the park
  lorraine who spoke of paintings in paris
  and outlandish things to her family just to scare us
  whose heart went pokin' where it shouldn't ought
  whose mother could only sppit at the thought of
  lorraine, sweet lorraine
  
  her father her father would tear out like a page of the bible
  then he'd burn down the house to announce his arriva1
  her mother was working and never was home
  lorraine carved out a little life of her own
  lorraine started working, lorraine went to school
  her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved
  now isn't that a very strange thing to do
  for someone who never really wanted you
  lorraine, sweet lorraine
  
  her daddy called her a slut and a whore
  on the night before her wedding day
  the very next morning at the church
  her daddy gave lorraine away
  lorraine, sweet lorraine
  
  in the battle of time in the battle of will
  it's only your hope and your heart that gets killed
  and it gets harder and harder lorraine, to believe in magic
  when what came before you is so very tragic
  lorraine, sweet lorraine
  lorraine, sweet lorraine
• nat king cole ile ozdeslesmis caz standardi ^*
  
  just found joy
  i'm as happy as a baby boy, baby boy
  with another brand new choo-choo choy
  when i met my sweet lorraine, lorraine, lorraine.
  
  a pair of eyes
  that are brighter tham the summer sky
  when you see them, you'll realize
  why i love my sweet lorraine.
  
  now when it's rainin',
  i don't miss the sun
  because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
  and to think that i'm the lucky one
  that will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho
  
  each night i pray
  that no one will steal her heart away
  i can't wait until that lucky day
  when i marry sweet lorraine.
  
  now when it's rainin'
  i don't miss the sun
  because it's in my baby's smile, whoa ho
  and to think that i'm the lucky one
  that will lead her down the aisle, whoa ho ho
  
  each night i pray
  that no one will steal her heart away
  i can't wait until that lucky day
  when i marry sweet lorraine.
• mitchell parish tarafından sözleri yazılan, cliff burwell tarafından bestelenen bir caz klasiği. ilk olarak 1928 yılında the radiolites tarafından kaydedilip yayımlanmıştır. chet baker, nat king cole, frank sinatra ve louis armstrong gibi büyük caz sanatçılarının yaptığı uyarlamalar da dahil 200 küsür uyarlaması vardır.