Ballad Of Geraldine

Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine With hair coal black as a raven I traveled my life without a care Ah, but all my love I was savin' Oh, the winds blew high and the trees did sway Not much from life was I askin' Till I met someone to give all my love All my love, so long an' lastin' Oh, good were the parts, we played in our game And a long ways off was tomorrow But my love was a rambler and as restless as the sea And in the tide came sorrow Oh, a child of the night is goin' to be born I can't explain my confusion Is my love thinkin' to marry me at all? Or of the freedom he thinks he'll be losin'? I sit with my friends in the gay crowded room My friends, they're smokin' and they're talkin' But it all seems so empty, my love is not there So I'll go into the streets a-walkin' My baby is a-growin' as a-growin' it must If I were to lose it, it would grieve me My love is so helpless and I'm wonderin' what to do Oh, how I yearn to help him Oh, we could go to the land of your choice Where the false shame won't come knockin' at our door I've a feelin' in my heart and it's crushin' all my hopes I think, I'm gonna be hurt some more Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine With hair coal black as a raven I traveled my life without a care Ah, but all my love I was savin'