Go Limp Lyrics

The song Go Limp is performed by Nina Simone in the album named Four Women: Nina Simone Philips Recordings in the year 2003 .



Oh daughter, dear daughter
Take warnin' from me
And don't you go marchin'
With the NAACP

For they'll rock you and roll you
And shove you into bed
And if they steal your nuclear secret
She'll wish you were dead

Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay

Oh mother, dear mother
No, I'm not afraid
For I'll go on that march
And I'll return a virgin maid

With a brick in my handbag
And a smile on my face
And barbed wire in my underwear
To shed off disgrace

Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay

One day they were marching
A young man came by
With a beard on his chin
And a gleam in his eye

And before she had time
To remember her brick

And before she had time
To remember her brick
They were holding a sit-down
On a neighboring hay rig

Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay

For meeting is pleasure
And parting is pain
And if I have a great concert
Maybe I won't have to sing those folk songs again

Oh mother, dear mother
I'm stiff and I'm sore
From sleeping three nights
On a hard cla*sroom floor

Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay

One day at the briefing
She'd heard a man say
Go perfectly limp
And be carried away

So when this young man suggested
It was time she was kissed
She remembered her brief
And then did not resist

Singin' too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay

Oh mother, dear mother
No need for distress
For the young man has left me
His name and address

And if we win
Though a baby there be
He won't have to march
Like his da-da and me



Nina Simone - Four Women: Nina Simone Philips Recordings

May 2003

  1. I Loves You Porgy
  2. Plain Gold Ring
  3. Pirate Jenny
  4. Old Jim Crow
  5. Don't Smoke In Bed
  6. Go Limp
  7. Mississippi Goddam
  8. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  9. Night Song
  10. The Laziest Gal In Town
  11. Something Wonderful
  12. Don't Take All Night
  13. Nobody
  14. I Am Blessed
  15. Of This I'm Sure
  16. See-Line Woman
  17. Our Love (Will See Us Through)
  18. How Can I?
  19. The Last Rose Of Summer
  20. I Put A Spell On You
  21. Tomorrow Is My Turn
  22. Ne Me Quitte Pas
  23. Marriage Is For Old Folks
  24. July Tree
  25. Gimme Some
  26. Feeling Good
  27. One September Day
  28. Blues On Purpose
  29. Beautiful Land
  30. You've Got To Learn
  31. Take Care Of Business
  32. Be My Husband
  33. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
  34. End Of The Line
  35. Trouble In Mind
  36. Tell Me More And More And Then Some
  37. Chilly Winds Don't Blow
  38. Ain't No Use
  39. Strange Fruit
  40. Sinnerman
  41. Mood Indigo
  42. The Other Woman
  43. Love Me Or Leave Me
  44. Don't Explain
  45. Little Girl Blue
  46. Chauffeur
  47. For Myself
  48. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
  49. This Year's Kisses
  50. Images
  51. Nearer Blessed Lord
  52. I Love Your Lovin' Ways
  53. Four Women
  54. What More Can I Say?
  55. Lilac Wine
  56. That's All I Ask
  57. Break Down And Let It All Out
  58. Why Keep On Breaking My Heart
  59. Wild Is The Wind
  60. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
  61. If I Should Lose You
  62. Either Way I Lose
  63. Don't You Pay Them No Mind
  64. I'm Gonna Leave You
  65. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  66. Keeper Of The Flame
  67. The Gal From Joe's
  68. Take Me To The Water
  69. I'm Going Back Home
  70. I Hold No Grudge
  71. Come Ye
  72. He Ain't Comin' Home No More
  73. Work Song
  74. I Love My Baby
  75. A Monster

Go Limp