Mistress

Intro: Who was my mother, who was my father All I've known is a whip upon my back My skin is yellowed by much more than weakness And wise beyond the years of the blue and the black My arms were never strong enough to stir molasses My eyes watch riverboats as they go by Some call me mistress, but I wish that I was cargo Floating down the Brazos in my chariot to the sky Oh Rachel, won't you lie next to me Tonight and every night to come And won't you calm all that's raging inside me 'Cause outside's just a battlefield that Santa Ana won My people, they worked from can't see to can't see Traded in and out from the grassy shores They say there's something about me Flying like a bird, never known freedom before___ Well, I wear dresses of silks and threaded satins Some gowns were only meant to bear a woman's breast I'll stand down every white man in this county But Columbus you are dying and I'm no different from the rest Oh Rachel, won't you lie next to me Tonight and every night to come And won't you calm all that's raging inside me Outside's just a battlefield that Santa Ana won Instrumental: