Live & Kickin es un álbum de Nina Simone, publicado en 1988 por Bellaphon. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «Pirate Jenny», «For A While», «You Took My Teeth» y «Sugar In My Bowl Small».
Listado de Canciones
- Pirate Jenny
Letra
You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors And I'm scrubbin' the floors while you're gawking Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell In this crummy Southern town In this crummy old hotel But you'll never guess to who you're talkin'. No. You couldn't ever guess to who you're talkin'. Then one night there's a scream in the night And you'll wonder who could that have been And you see me kinda grinnin' while I'm scrubbin' And you say, "What's she got to grin?" I'll tell you. There's a ship The Black Freighter With a skull on its masthead Will be coming in You gentlemen can say, "Hey gal, finish them floors! Get upstairs! What's wrong with you! Earn your keep here! You toss me your tips And look out to the ships But I'm counting your heads As I'm making the beds Cuz there's nobody gonna sleep here, Tonight, nobodys gonna sleep here, honey Nobody Nobody! Then one night there's a scream in the night And you say, "Who's that kicking up a row?" And ya see me kinda starin' out the winda And you say, "What's she got to stare at now?" I'll tell ya. There's a ship The Black Freighter Turns around in the harbor Shootin' guns from her bow Now You gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face Cause every building in town is a flat one This whole frickin' place will be down to the ground Only this cheap hotel standing up safe and sound And you yell, "Why do they spare that one?" Yes. That's what you say. "Why do they spare that one?" All the night through, through the noise and to-do You wonder who is that person that lives up there? And you see me stepping out in the morning Looking nice with a ribbon in my hair And the ship The Black Freighter Runs a flag up its masthead And a cheer rings the air By noontime the dock Is a-swarmin' with men Comin' out from the ghostly freighter They move in the shadows Where no one can see And they're chainin' up people And they're bringin' em to me Askin' me, "Kill them NOW, or LATER?" Askin' ME! "Kill them now, or later?" Noon by the clock And so still at the dock You can hear a foghorn miles away And in that quiet of death I'll say, "Right now. Right now!" Then they pile up the bodies And I'll say, "That'll learn ya!" And the ship The Black Freighter Disappears out to sea And On It Is Me - For A While
Letra
Lost in day to day, Turned another way With a laugh, a kind hello And some small talk with friends I know I forget that I'm not over you for a while. A wave, an easy grin, A smile to put them in, Got other lives to listen to And some music that I have to do I forget that I'm not over you for a while. Days go by with no empty feeling, Until I touch my hair and touch my skin And remember you're gone. People say to me, "hey Nina do you need some company? When you have some time to spend, Drop around-you need your friends." They forget that I'm not over you for a while, They forget that I'm not over you for a while. - You Took My Teeth
- Sugar In My Bowl Small
- Backlash Blues
Letra
Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash Just who do think I am You raise my taxes, freeze my wages And send my son to Vietnam You give me second class houses And second class schools Do you think that alla colored folks Are just second class fools Mr. Backlash, I'm gonna leave you With the backlash blues When I try to find a job To earn a little cash All you got to offer Is your mean old white backlash But the world is big Big and bright and round And it's full of folks like me Who are black, yellow, beige and brown Mr. Backlash, I'm gonna leave you With the backlash blues Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash Just what do you think I got to lose I'm gonna leave you With the backlash blues You're the one will have the blues Not me, just wait and see - Do What You Gotta Do
Letra
Do what you gotta do Come on back see me when you can Man I can understand how it might be Kinda hard to love a girl like me I don't blame you much for wanting to be free I just wanted you to know I've loved you better that your own kin did From the very start it's my own fault What happens to my heart You see I've always known you'd go So you just do what you gotta do My wild sweet love Though it may mean that I'll never kiss Those sweet lips again Pay that no mind Find that dappled dream of yours Come on back and see me when you can Now I know it'll make you feel sad And make you feel so bad They say you don't treat me me like you should They got ways to make you feels no good I guess they got no way to know I've had my eyes wide open from the start And man you never lied to me The part of you that they'll never see Is the part you've shown to me So you just do what you gotta do My wild sweet love Though it may mean that I'll never kiss Those sweet lips again Pay that no mind Find that dappled dream of yours Come on back and see me when you can - Mississippi Goddamn
- See Lime Woman
- The Other Woman
Letra
The other woman finds time to manicure her nails The other woman is perfect where her rival fails And she's never seen with pin curls in her hair The other woman enchantes her clothes with French perfume The other woman keeps fresh cut flowers in each room There are never toys that's scattered everywhere And when her own man comes to call on her He'll find her waiting like a lonesome queen Cos when she's by his side It's such a change from old routine But the other woman will always cry herself to sleep The other woman will never have his love to keep And as the years go by the other woman Will spend her life alone The other woman enchantes her clothes with French perfume The other woman keeps fresh cut flowers in each room There are never toys that's scattered everywhere And when her own man comes to call on her He'll find her waiting like a lonesome queen Cos when she's by his side It's such a change from old routine But the other woman will always cry herself to sleep The other woman will never have his love to keep And as the years go by the other woman Will spend her life alone - Porgy
Letra
This song talk about the same Porgy That we've talked about for two years now His name is Porgy only this one was written by eh Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh I got my man now I got Porgy My baby understands now I got my Porgy I'm through with bymays his way is may way forever more Lord when i feel his arms around me Knowing he can't go on without me I wants to beg for a chance to camp at his door Say he's not much for to look and see He's lazy and no count as he can be He's got the kind of a love for me So I'm changing my style my way of living Glad I've stopped taking and started giving I got my man got my Porgy now Though you say he's not much for to look and see He's lazy and no count as he can be He's got the kind of a love for me Oh oh baby I'm changing my style nad way of living Glad I've stopped taking and started giving I got my man I got my Porgy now - Four Women
Letra
My skin is black My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me My name is SAFFRONIA My name is Saffronia My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you my mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me My name is SWEET THING My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown my manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see my life has been too rough I'm awfully bitter these days because my parents were slaves What do they call me My name is PEACHES - I Sing Just To Know I'm Alive
- My Baby Just Cares For Me
Letra
My baby don't care for shows My baby don't care for clothes My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for high-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Lana Turner's smile Is somethin' he can't see My baby don't care who knows My baby just cares for me Baby, my baby don't care for shows And he don't even care for clothes He cares for me My baby don't care For cars and races My baby don't care for He don't care for high-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Liberace's smile Is something he can't see Is something he can't see I wonder what's wrong with baby My baby just cares for My baby just cares for My baby just cares for me [Original lyrics] My baby don't care for shows My baby don't care for clothes My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for high-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Lana Turner's smile is somethin' he can't see My baby don't care who knows it My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for shows And he don't even care for clothes My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for he don't care for high-tone places I wonder what's wrong with baby My baby just cares for Just says his prayers for My baby just cares for me