Pride

<br>Anna i<br><br><br><br>So we saved up, bought ourselves an outfit,<br><br>Nighties, nylons, beautiful dresses.<br><br>Soon we found a job that was going,<br><br>A job as dancer in a cabaret,<br><br>A job in memphis, the second big town we came to.<br><br><br><br>Oh how hard it was for anna!<br><br>Beautiful clothes can make a good girl particular <br><br>When the drinking tigress meets herself in the pool,<br><br>Shes apt to become a menace.<br><br><br><br>She began talking about art (of all things),<br><br>About the art (if you please) of cabaret.<br><br>In memphis, the second big town we came to,<br><br>It wasnt art that sort of people came for.<br><br>That sort of people came for something else;<br><br><br><br>And when a man has paid for his evening<br><br>He expects a good show in return.<br><br>So if you cover up your bosom and thighs like you had a rash,<br><br>Dont be surprised to see them yawning.<br><br><br><br>So I told my art-loving sister anna:<br><br>&quot;leave your pride to those who can well afford it.<br><br>Do what you are asked to do and not what you want,<br><br>For that isnt what is wanted.&quot;<br><br><br><br>Oh but I had trouble, I can tell you,<br><br>With her fancy pig-head notions.<br><br>Night by night I sat by her bedside,<br><br>Holding her hand and saying this:<br><br>&quot;think of our little house in louisiana!&quot;<br><br><br><br>Family<br><br><br><br>O lord, look down upon our daughter,<br><br>Show her the way that leads the good to thy reward.<br><br>Who fights the good fight and all self subdues,<br><br>Wins the palm, gains the crown.