Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White

If some of ya'll never been down south too much
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this
So that you'll understand what I'm talkin' about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods
And in the fields looks somethin' like a turnip green
And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
Used to know a girl lived down there
And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
'Cause thats about all they had to eat, but they did all right

Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl, that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A mean vicious woman)

Everyday ?for supper time, she'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody says it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman
Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it)

Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons
Out of my truck patch
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it)

Masterpiece - Gazebo

What a wonderful day Everything is OK Not a problem in mind Leaving worries behind Except for that little doubt you have Concerning your dress tonight So you take a bottle of french wine And then you say you don't live twice You cast the dice Masterpiece you should have seen it That rainbow in the moonglow Masterpiece you've got to live it That new dawn tomorrow Driving down through Beverly Hills You feel the breeze of the past in your lungs What an elegant place You walk with elephant grace All sunset boulevard Has been waiting the star They all gather to celebrate Happy birthday my honey dear What a joy to see your old mates In this Hollywood atmosphere With us at last Masterpiece you should have seen it That rainbow in the moonglow Masterpiece you've got to live it That new dawn tomorrow Masterpiece you never act it But life is a movie Masterpiece you got to try it We're sure you'd be moving You've had the tango too much You say, you'll keep in touch Back home in your Rolls Royce You smile and think of the boys All of the sudden your sight obscures And your memories drift the air And you finally feel secure You're another star up there A star up there Masterpiece you should have seen it That rainbow in the moonglow Masterpiece you've got to live it That new dawn tomorrow Masterpiece you never act it But life is a movie Masterpiece you got to try it.