Gil Scott-Heron
Lady Day & John Coltrane lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Genre
- Hip-Hop, R&B
- Length
- 3:39
Ever feel kind of down and out
You don't know just what to do?
Living all of your days in darkness
Let the sun shine through
Ever feel that somehow, somewhere
You lost your way?
And if you don't get help quick
You won't make it through the day?
Or could you call on Lady Day?
Could you call on John Coltrane?
Now, 'cause they'll, they'll wash your troubles
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away
Plastic people with plastic minds
Are on their way to plastic homes
No beginning, there ain't no ending
Just on and on and on and on and on
It's all because they're so afraid to say that they're alone
Until our hero rides in, rides in on his saxophone
Or could you call on Lady Day?
Could you call on John Coltrane?
Now, 'cause they'll, they'll wash your troubles
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away
All right
Ever feel kind of down and out
You don't know just what to do?
Living all of your days in darkness
Let the sun shine through
Ever feel that somehow, somewhere
You lost your way?
And if you don't get help quick
You won't make it through the day?
Or could you call on Lady Day?
And could you call on John Coltrane?
Now, 'cause they'll, they'll wash your troubles
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away
They'll wash your troubles away
They'll wash your troubles away
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away
Yeah, they'll wash your troubles away
They'll wash your troubles away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Key vocabulary
- kind
- friendly type
- won't
- will not
- call
- telephone or shoutA1
- john
- public toilet
- coltrane
- Coltrane; a surname
- they'll
- they will
- homes
- places to live
- beginning
- start timeA1
- ain't
- is not; are not
- it's
- it isA1
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About this song
Gil Scott-Heron was an American poet and musician associated with jazz, R&B, and funk, often combining songwriting with spoken word. He is known for his politically charged, socially conscious recordings and for influencing hip-hop with tracks like The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.