Mary & Omie-Nanci Griffith

[ti:Mary & Omie]
[ar:Nanci Griffith]
[al:Once In A Very Blue Moon]
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[00:00.00]Mary & Omie - Nanci Griffith
[00:08.10]My daddy was a longshoreman
[00:10.21]In New Orleans
[00:11.23]
[00:13.30]My mamma kept score just
[00:14.97]Watchin' the Mardi Gras
[00:16.76]
[00:18.45]Oh me I sat on the front porch
[00:20.74]Watchin' the rails roll out
[00:22.98]
[00:23.59]I was waitin' for my Omie to
[00:25.04]Take me outta this south
[00:26.83]
[00:28.73]It was me and my sisters like to
[00:30.92]Wore that front porch out
[00:32.44]
[00:33.93]And there can't be more to this livin'
[00:35.84]Than loving my Omie
[00:37.44]
[00:39.16]We're both sittin' back here
[00:41.02]Watchin' our children grow
[00:42.38]
[00:44.25]If there's a better ace in the deck
[00:46.44]Well baby come on and show me
[00:48.10]
[00:49.38]If you ain't got a hand
[00:50.74]Then get on your wheel and roll
[00:52.84]
[00:54.62]'Cuz there could never be a better hand
[00:56.55]Than these hearts I hold
[00:58.30]
[01:10.54]Me and my Omie we settled down here in Houston
[01:13.32]
[01:15.31]Oh and one by one we moved my sisters west
[01:18.50]
[01:20.84]We bought a house in the suburbs
[01:22.93]And we've got four fine children
[01:25.67]We are black middle class because Omie
[01:27.59]Wouldn't settle for less
[01:28.52]
[01:30.74]We are black middle class because Omie
[01:32.53]Wouldn't settle for less
[01:33.91]
[01:35.94]And there can't be more to this livin'
[01:37.88]Than loving my Omie
[01:39.35]
[01:41.05]We're both sittin' back here watchin'
[01:42.97]Our children grow
[01:46.20]If there's a better ace in the deck
[01:48.27]Well baby come on and show me
[01:50.15]
[01:51.32]If you ain't got a hand then get on
[01:53.52]Your wheel and roll
[01:54.58]
[01:56.57]'Cuz there could never be a better hand
[01:58.54]Than these hearts I hold
[02:00.42]
[02:22.35]My children are the first thing in my mornin'
[02:25.56]
[02:27.47]My Omie is the last thing in my night
[02:31.51]
[02:32.99]Oh in between I dream about
[02:35.14]That porch back home
[02:37.25]
[02:37.93]And I bless my daddy for the love
[02:40.32]Within that house
[02:40.81]
[02:43.00]But I thank my Omie for takin'
[02:44.75]Me outta the south
[02:46.40]
[02:48.32]And there can't be more to this livin'
[02:50.15]Than loving my Omie
[02:51.69]
[02:53.43]We're both sittin' back here watchin'
[02:55.37]Our children grow
[02:56.64]
[02:58.58]If there's a better ace in the deck
[03:00.43]Well baby come on and show me
[03:02.01]
[03:03.74]If you ain't got a hand then get on
[03:06.00]Your wheel and roll
[03:07.03]
[03:08.96]'Cuz there could never be a better hand
[03:11.07]Than these hearts I hold
[03:12.31]
[03:15.77]Look at these hearts I hold
[03:17.23]
[03:18.25]Look at these hearts I hold
[03:20.06]
[03:20.98]Look at these hearts I hold
[03:22.33]
[03:23.02]There ain't no place like home
[03:26.14]
[03:28.61]Look at these hearts we hold
[03:30.67]
[03:31.25]Look at those hearts you hold
[03:32.74]
[03:33.46]Hey my Omie's got a heart of gold
[03:35.15]
[03:38.85]Look at these hearts we hold
[03:40.97]
[03:41.62]Take a look at those hearts you hold