Fruits Of My Labor

(album: Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs Of Lucinda Williams - 2023)

Baby, see how I been living
Velvet curtains on the windows to
Keep the bright and unforgiving
Light from shining through
Baby, I remember all the things we did
When we slept together
And the blue behind your eyelids
Baby, sweet baby

Traced your scent through the gloom
Till I found these purple flowers
I was spent, I was soon
Smelling you for hours
Lavender, lotus blossoms too
Water the dirt, flowers last for you
Baby, sweet baby

Tangerines and persimmons
And the sugarcane
Grapes and honeydew melon
Enough fit for a queen
Lemon trees don't make a sound
Till branches bend and fruit falls to the ground
Baby, sweet baby

Yes
Yeah

Come to my world and witness
The way that things have changed
'Cause I finally did it, baby
I got out of La Grange
Got in my Mercury and drove out west
Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test
Baby, sweet baby

I've been trying to enjoy
All the fruits of my labor
I've been crying for you, boy
But truth is my savior
Baby, sweet baby, if it's all the same
Take the glory any day over the fame
Baby, sweet baby
Baby, sweet baby
Yeah