Nina Simone - The Family Lyrics

Genre: Jazz

Songwriters: J Hurley

The weevils all took to cotton and cows all took to dry
But the varmints left behind, some took up to die
Trouble took to Daddy like dew drops take to night
Mama took to cryin' a lot and Daddy took to wine

And I took a train outta there
I told the engineer I don't believe there's no help, maybe
Heaven help the tie that binds a family
Heaven help the tie that binds a family
Heaven help the tie that binds a family

Flowers took to Daddy and Daddy, he took to calm
Sister took to black wheel nights and Mama cried alone
Brother, he took up preaching and the bank man took the farm
They came and took my mom away, she can't do herself no harm

And I took a train outta there
I told the engineer I don't believe there's no help, maybe
Heaven help the tie that binds a family
Heaven help the tie that binds a family
Heaven help the tie that binds a family

The weevils all took to cotton and cows all took to dry
But the varmints left behind, some took up to die
Trouble took to Daddy like dew drops take to night
Mama took to cryin' a lot and Daddy took to wine

And I took a train outta there
I told the engineer I don't believe there's no help handy
Looks like even God can't save the family
Looks like only God can save the family

And I took a train outta there
I told the engineer I don't believe there's no help handy
Looks like only God can save the family
Looks like only God can save the family

And I took a train outta there
I told the engineer I don't believe there's no help handy
Looks like only God can save the family
Looks like only God can save the family

And I took a train outta there
I told the engineer I don't believe there's no help handy
Looks like even God can't save the family
Looks like only God can save the family

And I took a train outta there, you hear me
I told the engineer I don't believe there's no help handy
Looks like even God can't save the family
Looks like even God can't save the family

Looks like only God can save the family
Looks like only God can save the family
Looks like only God can save the family
Looks like only God can save the family

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1	Ain't Got No/I Got Life
2	Since I Fell for You
3	After You've Gone
4	Ain't No Use
5	Alone Again Naturally
6	Angel of the Morning
7	Another Spring
8	Assignment Sequence
9	Backlash Blues
10	Ballad of Hollis Brown
11	Balm in Gilead
12	Baltimore
13	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
14	Be My Husband
15	Beautiful Land
16	Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
17	Black Swan
18	Blackbird
19	Blue Prelude
20	Blue Skies
21	Blues for Mama
22	Break Down and Let It All Out
23	Brown Baby
24	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
25	Buck
26	Bye Bye Blackbird
27	Can't Get Out of This Mood
28	Cherish
29	Children Go Where I Send You
30	Chilly Winds Don't Blow
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<table class="songlyrics" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;"><col width="40" /><col /><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Nina Simone - Miscellaneous Album Lyrics</th></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">1.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/ain-t-got-noi-got-life-lyrics/" title="Ain't Got No/I Got Life Lyrics Nina Simone">Ain't Got No/I Got Life</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">2.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/since-i-fell-for-you-lyrics/" title="Since I Fell for You Lyrics Nina Simone">Since I Fell for You</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">3.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/after-you-ve-gone-lyrics/" title="After You've Gone Lyrics Nina Simone">After You've Gone</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">4.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/ain-t-no-use-lyrics/" title="Ain't No Use Lyrics Nina Simone">Ain't No Use</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">5.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/alone-again-naturally-lyrics/" title="Alone Again Naturally Lyrics Nina Simone">Alone Again Naturally</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">6.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/angel-of-the-morning-lyrics/" title="Angel of the Morning Lyrics Nina Simone">Angel of the Morning</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">7.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/another-spring-lyrics/" title="Another Spring Lyrics Nina Simone">Another Spring</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">8.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/assignment-sequence-lyrics/" title="Assignment Sequence Lyrics Nina Simone">Assignment Sequence</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">9.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/backlash-blues-lyrics/" title="Backlash Blues Lyrics Nina Simone">Backlash Blues</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">10.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/ballad-of-hollis-brown-lyrics/" title="Ballad of Hollis Brown Lyrics Nina Simone">Ballad of Hollis Brown</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">11.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/balm-in-gilead-lyrics/" title="Balm in Gilead Lyrics Nina Simone">Balm in Gilead</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">12.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/baltimore-lyrics/" title="Baltimore Lyrics Nina Simone">Baltimore</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">13.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/baubles-bangles-and-beads-lyrics/" title="Baubles, Bangles and Beads Lyrics Nina Simone">Baubles, Bangles and Beads</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">14.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/be-my-husband-lyrics/" title="Be My Husband Lyrics Nina Simone">Be My Husband</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">15.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/beautiful-land-lyrics/" title="Beautiful Land Lyrics Nina Simone">Beautiful Land</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">16.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/black-is-the-color-of-my-true-love-s-hair-lyrics/" title="Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair Lyrics Nina Simone">Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">17.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/black-swan-lyrics/" title="Black Swan Lyrics Nina Simone">Black Swan</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">18.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/blackbird-lyrics/" title="Blackbird Lyrics Nina Simone">Blackbird</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">19.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/blue-prelude-lyrics/" title="Blue Prelude Lyrics Nina Simone">Blue Prelude</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">20.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/blue-skies-lyrics/" title="Blue Skies Lyrics Nina Simone">Blue Skies</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">21.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/blues-for-mama-lyrics/" title="Blues for Mama Lyrics Nina Simone">Blues for Mama</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">22.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/break-down-and-let-it-all-out-lyrics/" title="Break Down and Let It All Out Lyrics Nina Simone">Break Down and Let It All Out</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">23.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/brown-baby-lyrics/" title="Brown Baby Lyrics Nina Simone">Brown Baby</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">24.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/brown-eyed-handsome-man-lyrics/" title="Brown Eyed Handsome Man Lyrics Nina Simone">Brown Eyed Handsome Man</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">25.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/buck-lyrics/" title="Buck Lyrics Nina Simone">Buck</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">26.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/bye-bye-blackbird-lyrics/" title="Bye Bye Blackbird Lyrics Nina Simone">Bye Bye Blackbird</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">27.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/can-t-get-out-of-this-mood-lyrics/" title="Can't Get Out of This Mood Lyrics Nina Simone">Can't Get Out of This Mood</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">28.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/cherish-lyrics/" title="Cherish Lyrics Nina Simone">Cherish</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">29.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/children-go-where-i-send-you-lyrics/" title="Children Go Where I Send You Lyrics Nina Simone">Children Go Where I Send You</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sl-td-left">30.</td><td class="sl-td-right"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone/chilly-winds-don-t-blow-lyrics/" title="Chilly Winds Don't Blow Lyrics Nina Simone">Chilly Winds Don't Blow</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="sl-credit"><a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/nina-simone-lyrics/" title="Nina Simone Lyrics">Nina Simone Lyrics</a> provided by <a href="http://www.songlyrics.com/" title="Lyrics">SongLyrics.com</a></p>

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Nina Simone - Miscellaneous Album Lyrics
1.	Ain't Got No/I Got Life
2.	Since I Fell for You
3.	After You've Gone
4.	Ain't No Use
5.	Alone Again Naturally
6.	Angel of the Morning
7.	Another Spring
8.	Assignment Sequence
9.	Backlash Blues
10.	Ballad of Hollis Brown
11.	Balm in Gilead
12.	Baltimore
13.	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
14.	Be My Husband
15.	Beautiful Land
16.	Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
17.	Black Swan
18.	Blackbird
19.	Blue Prelude
20.	Blue Skies
21.	Blues for Mama
22.	Break Down and Let It All Out
23.	Brown Baby
24.	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
25.	Buck
26.	Bye Bye Blackbird
27.	Can't Get Out of This Mood
28.	Cherish
29.	Children Go Where I Send You
30.	Chilly Winds Don't Blow

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