Mary And Omie letra

My daddy was a longshoreman in New Orleans
My mamma kept score just watchin' the Mardi Gras
Oh, me, I sat on the front porch watchin' the rails roll out
I was waitin' for my Omie to take me outta this south
It was me and my sisters, like to wore that front porch out

And there can't be more to this livin' than loving my Omie
We're both sittin' back here watchin' our children grow
If there's a better ace in the deck
Well, baby, come on and show me
If you ain't got a hand then get on your wheel and roll
'Cause there could never be a better hand than these hearts I hold

Me and my Omie, we settled down here in Houston
Oh, and one by one, we moved my sisters west
We bought a house in the suburbs and we've got four fine children
We are black middle class because Omie wouldn't settle for less
We are black middle class because Omie wouldn't settle for less

And there can't be more to this livin' than loving my Omie
We're both sittin' back here watchin' our children grow
If there's a better ace in the deck
Well, baby, come on and show me
If you ain't got a hand then get on your wheel and roll
'Cause there could never be a better hand than these hearts I hold

My children are the first thing in my mornin'
My Omie is the last thing in my night
Oh, in between I dream about that porch back home
And I bless my daddy for the love within that house
But, I thank my Omie for takin' me outta the south

Look at these hearts I hold, oh, look at these hearts I hold
Look at these hearts I hold, there ain't no place like home
Look at these hearts we hold, look at those hearts you hold
Hey! My Omie's got a heart of gold, look at these hearts we hold
Take a look at those hearts you hold!

Nanci Griffith - Letras

• 1937 Pre-War Kimball
• Across America
• Across The Great Divide
• Alabama Soft Spoken Blues
• Always Will
• Angels
• Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool
• Anything You Need But Me
• Are You Tired Of Me Darling
• Armstrong
• Back When Ted Loved Sylvia
• Bad Seed
• Ballad Of Robin Winter-smith
• Banks Of The Pontchartrain
• Battlefield
• Beautiful
• Before
• Bethlehem Steel
• Big Blue Ball Of War
• Bluer Than Blue
• Boots Of Spanish Leather
• Brave Companion Of The Road
• Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
• Canadian Whiskey
• Clock Without Hands
• Cold Hearts, Closed Minds
• Comin' Down In The Rain
• Cotton
• Daddy Said
• Darcy Farrow
• Deadwood, South Dakota
• Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
• Desperadoes Waiting For A Train
• Do Re Mi
• Dollar Matinee
• Don't Forget About Me
• Down'n'Outer
• Dress Of Laces
• Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights
• Drops From The Faucet
• Dust Bowl Reprise
• Everything's Comin' Up Roses
• Fields Of Summer
• Fly By Night
• Ford Econoline
• Fragile
• Friend Out In The Madness
• From a Distance
• From Clare To Here
• Ghost In The Music
• Goin' Gone
• Going Back To Georgia (With Adam Duritz)
• Goodnight To A Mother's Dream
• Grapefruit Moon
• Gulf Coast Highway
• Hard Times Come Again No More
• He Was A Friend Of Mine
• Heart Of a Miner
• Heart Of Indochine
• Heaven
• Hell No (I'm Not Alright)
• Hometown Streets
• I Don't Wanna Talk About Love
• I Fought The Law
• I Knew Love
• I Love This Town
• I Remember Joe
• I Still Miss Someone
• I Wish It Would Rain
• I Would Bring You Ireland
• I Would Change My Life
• I'll Move Along
• I'm Not Drivin' These Wheels
• If I Could Only Fly
• If I Had A Hammer
• If These Walls Could Speak
• If Wishes Were Changes
• In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
• Intersection
• Is This All There Is
• It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go
• It's Just Another Morning Here
• It's Too Late
• John Philip Griffith
• Julie Anne
• Last Song For Mother
• Last Train Home
• Late Night Grande Hotel
• Leaving The Harbor
• Let It Shine On Me
• Listen To The Radio
• Little Love Affairs
• Lone Star State Of Mind
• Lookin' For The Time (Workin' Girl)
• Lost Him In The Sun
• Love At The Five And Dime
• Love Conquers All
• Love In a Memory
• Love Is a Hard Waltz
• Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)
• Love's Found a Shoulder
• Marilyn Monroe/Neon and Waltzes
• Mary And Omie
• Maybe Tomorrow
• Michael's Song
• Midnight In Missoula
• Money Changes Everything
• Montana Backroads
• More Than A Whisper
• Morning Song For Sally
• Morning Train
• Mountain Of Sorrow
• Never Be The Sun
• Never Going Back
• Never Mind
• Nickel Dreams
• Night Rider's Lament
• Nobody's Angel
• Not Innocent Enough
• Not My Way Home
• October Reasons
• Old Hanoi
• On Grafton Street
• Once In a Very Blue Moon
• One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge
• One Of These Days
• Our Very Own
• Outbound Plane
• Party Girl
• Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle)
• Please Call Me, Baby
• Poet In My Window
• Pour Me a Drink
• Radio Fragile
• Rise To The Occasion
• Roses On The 4th Of July
• Roseville Fair
• Ruby's Arms
• Saint Teresa Of Avila
• San Diego Serenade
• Say It Isn't So
• Shaking Out The Snow
• She Ain't Goin' Nowhere
• Simple Life
• Sing
• Sing One For Sister
• So Long Ago
• Song For Remembered Heroes
• Southbound Train
• Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
• Spin on a Red Brick Floor
• St. Olav's Gate
• Still Life
• Storms
• Summer Wages
• Sweet Dreams Will Come
• Talk To Me While I'm Listening
• Tecumseh Valley
• Tell Me How
• Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
• Tequila After Midnight
• The Flyer
• The Ghost Inside Of Me
• The Last Of The True Believers
• The Loving Kind
• The Power Lines
• The Streets Of Baltimore
• The Sun, Moon, And Stars
• The Wing And The Wheel
• There's A Light Beyond These Woods
• These Days In An Open Book
• Things I Don't Need
• This Heart
• This Old Town
• Three Flights Up
• Time Alone
• Time Of Inconvenience
• Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
• Traveling Through This Part Of You
• Trouble In The Fields
• Trouble With Roses
• Truly Something Fine
• Try The Love
• Turn Around
• Two For The Road
• Up Against The Rain
• Waiting For Love
• Waiting On a Dark Eyed Gal
• Walk Right Back
• Wall Of Death
• Waltzing With The Angels
• Wasn't That A Mighty Storm
• West Texas Sun
• Wheels
• When I Dream
• Where Would I Be
• Who Knows Where The Time Goes
• Wings Of A Dove
• Woman Of The Phoenix
• Workin' In Corners
• Wouldn't That Be Nice
• Yarrington Town
• Year Down In New Orleans
• You Can't Go Home Again
• You Made This Love A Teardrop
• You Were On My Mind