Simone, Nina - Go Limp Lyrics






Oh Daughter, dear Daughter,
Take warning from me
And don't you go marching
With the N-A-A-C-P.
For they'll rock you and roll you
And shove you into bed.
And if they steal your nuclear secret
You'll wish you were dead.

[Refrain:]
Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay.
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.

[Refrain]

One day they were marching.
A young man came by
With a beard on his cheek
And a gleam in his eye.
And before she had time
To remember her brick...
They were holding a sit-down
On a nearby hay rig.

[Refrain]

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 classroom floor.

[Refrain]

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 did not resist.

[Refrain]

Oh Mother, dear Mother,
No need for distress,
For the young man has left me
His name and address.
And if we win
Tho' a baby there be,
He won't have to march
Like his da-da and me.





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  1. r.... ....

    Such a great performance !

  2. D.... N....

    her voice...man!!

  3. R.... B....

    Genius!

  4. K.... C....

    ★♥★

  5. E.... N....

    Thank you for posting this. I must have listened to the album "Mississippi Goddam" a 100 times my junior year in college in Montgomery Alabama. My favorite song was "Go Limp". And I did go down to the field at St Jude's to meet the marchers coming in from Selma on March 25, 1965. I didn't need any barbed wire but I was ready to go limp if needed.

  6. d.... ....

    is this when "In Concert" (1964) was recorded?

    d.... ....

    drcwright No, I believe this is 1965. But her live version from 1964 is fantastic :)