Pam Tillis - Melancholy Child Lyrics
A baby with a baby
Just barely seventeen
My mother mourned her innocence
As she bounced on her knee
A daddy on the road
Like silver rain they fell upon this melancholy child
The sounds of my childhood still linger in my song
my mother's lullaby that train that rain behind our home
A whippoorwill on a windowsill- It should have made me smile
But everything sounds lonely to a melancholy child
Now a restless blood runs in our family
I thought I could outrun the emptiness inside of me
So I went a little crazy, and I went a little wild
I met a kind and gentle man who thinks the world of me
When he looks my way, it's a woman that he sees
But when I can't explain to him the tears that fill my eyes
He takes me in his arms and rocks his melancholy child
You take a black Irish temper and some solemn Cherokee
A Southern sense of humor and you got someone like me
There are thorns on every rose, to this I'm reconciled
And in my own babe's eyes, I see the signs of a melancholy child
Heaven! Help us all another melancholy child!
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- Pam Tillis - Jagged Hearts
- Pam Tillis - Space
- Pam Tillis - It Isn't Just Raining
- Pam Tillis - Please
- Pam Tillis - Tryin'
- Pam Tillis - Thunder And Roses
- Pam Tillis - Off-White
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- Pam Tillis - We Must Be Thinking Alike
- Pam Tillis - Whiskey On The Wound
- Pam Tillis - Not Me
- Pam Tillis - Betty's Got A Bass Boat
- Pam Tillis - Tequila Mockingbird
- Pam Tillis - No Two Ways About It
- Pam Tillis - All Of This Love
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Pam Tillis Melancholy Child Comments
wipporwills, parakeets and minor-birds....went to sleep tonight wishing they could sing like pam.....
not only pams best but even over memphis, as light as air and the drift-off ending still rules.
she dont know me but i have Loved her since i was a little girl . this is my favourite song 💗
My wife used to sing this song and maybe it was Memphis to me and sounded just like Pam Tillis
i loved this song so much had this cassette and played it all the time
Might be the best freaking song of all time! I listened to this song repeatedly until I had wore out more tapes and cds than I could afford to replace. Some say that the Greats like Reba, Loretta, and Barbara inspired them the most...but, oh no...it was Pam Tillis! What a talent!
always been a favorite of mine.
always been a favorite of mine.
always been a favorite of mine.
always been a favorite of mine.
1 of my ALL Time favorite Songs.... 🦋🖤🦋🖤🦋🖤🦋🖤🦋🖤🦋🖤🦋
Pam's best song. She is a brilliant singer. I love the haunting aspect of the minor chords of the music. It does have a melancholy feel.
With such gifted talent, I see your point. However Pam did have some very cheesy songs (which she sang well) that I dislike. I think the lyrics and melodic structure of Melancholy Child is exceptional. That is just one person's opinion and I'm sure that a lot of folks have different tastes. Pam is also a smart person and understands music & harmony matched with the ability to hit the notes perfectly. I appreciate your view, Brittany.
Well said.
This is mine and my daughter song :-)
This song is pretty much autobiographical for me-- especially the parts about having a young mother, a daddy on the road (mine was an oilfield rough neck when I was born in Southern Illinois, and we moved all over the lower Midwest and South-- Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana-- as Daddy worked his way up the corporate ladder), having restless blood running through our family, and being comprised of a black Irish temper, some solemn Cherokee, and a Southern sense of humor. LOVE this song!