Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Smoke Rise, artist - Clay CookDate of issue: 16.11.2009
Song language: English
Smoke Rise |
| She was something in her formative years |
| She’d hide her accent, it would reappear |
| When she would brag on what daddy bought last night |
| Only pretty girls were in that crowd |
| They’d tease a handful of poor kids out loud |
| And even then, I knew it wasn’t right |
| Smoke Rise |
| You were never kind |
| Good news |
| I’ve left you all behind |
| Some who hoped that it would last |
| Smoke Rise |
| I’m glad you’re in my past |
| Most of the kids were better than me |
| Or at least they thought so |
| And it was plain to see |
| That children are cruel |
| And I didn’t have a fighting chance |
| I wasn’t a jock, I wasn’t a brain |
| We weren’t well-off and mama couldn’t explain |
| Why no one would take a poor boy to the dance |
| Smoke Rise |
| You were never kind |
| Good news |
| I’ve left you all behind |
| Some who hoped that it would last |
| Smoke Rise |
| I’m glad you’re in my past |
| Smoke Rise |
| You were never kind |
| Good news |
| I’ve left you all behind |
| Some who hoped that it would last |
| Smoke Rise |
| I’m glad you’re in my past |
| Those bold rich kids find it hard to embrace |
| When they bus black kids in from all over the place |
| The county tried to prove their schools were all the same |
| Old Jim Crow tried to integrate |
| But in the South, its hard to relate |
| When Grandpa used the «N» word with no shame |
| Smoke Rise |
| You were never kind |
| Good news |
| I’ve left you all behind |
| Some who hoped that it would last |
| Smoke Rise |
| I’m glad you’re in my past |