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"Fruits of My Labor"

Lucinda Williams

Baby, see how I been livin'

Velvet curtains on the windows

To keep the bright and unforgiving

Light from shinin' 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 smellin' you for hours

Lavender, lotus blossoms to

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

'Till 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 LaGrange

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