Dolly Parton - Evening Shade lyrics
Dolly Parton [Dolly Rebecca Parton] Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Dolly Parton - Evening Shade lyrics]
My train of thought was broken by
A sudden burst of laughter
Something badly needed to lighten
Up the chores
Seemed old Mrs bailey had accidentally fell
In the water being used to scrub the floors
Now Mrs bailey was the meanest
Matron at the home
She believed in lots of work with little play
And we laughed 'til we bent double
Though we knew we'd get in trouble
But trouble's all we had at Evening Shade
Now Evening Shade was where they
Claim to teach you understanding
To teach you love and keep
You off the streets
And all the kids that live here
Are said to be a problem
Juvenile delinquents, so to speak
But understanding isn't learned from
Punishment and anger
An iron hand has no gentle touch
And love ain't learned from hate
The reason we were there is cause
We had no one who cared
But they cared even less at Evening Shade
Little Susan Bradley
One night had wet her bed
Mrs bailey took the razor strap and
Beat her half to death
And I knew that something must be done
To put an end to this
And so I started talking plans
With the older kids
Plans were that Joe Johnson
Would steal the kerosene
And I would get some matches when nobody seen
Becky Adams would make sure the
Kids were all outside
Billy Watson would look out for the evil eye
Now Mrs bailey took a nap
At three o'clock each day
We knew that she'd be a-sleeping
As the plans got underway
Now that it's all over and
The sun is going down
There's no Evening Shade because we
Burned it to the ground
Evening Shade was burning just like
The hell it was
A sudden burst of laughter
Something badly needed to lighten
Up the chores
Seemed old Mrs bailey had accidentally fell
In the water being used to scrub the floors
Now Mrs bailey was the meanest
Matron at the home
She believed in lots of work with little play
And we laughed 'til we bent double
Though we knew we'd get in trouble
But trouble's all we had at Evening Shade
Now Evening Shade was where they
Claim to teach you understanding
To teach you love and keep
You off the streets
And all the kids that live here
Are said to be a problem
Juvenile delinquents, so to speak
But understanding isn't learned from
Punishment and anger
An iron hand has no gentle touch
And love ain't learned from hate
The reason we were there is cause
We had no one who cared
But they cared even less at Evening Shade
Little Susan Bradley
One night had wet her bed
Mrs bailey took the razor strap and
Beat her half to death
And I knew that something must be done
To put an end to this
And so I started talking plans
With the older kids
Plans were that Joe Johnson
Would steal the kerosene
And I would get some matches when nobody seen
Becky Adams would make sure the
Kids were all outside
Billy Watson would look out for the evil eye
Now Mrs bailey took a nap
At three o'clock each day
We knew that she'd be a-sleeping
As the plans got underway
Now that it's all over and
The sun is going down
There's no Evening Shade because we
Burned it to the ground
Evening Shade was burning just like
The hell it was