Vain and Careless
Natalie Merchant"Vain and Careless" is a song by Natalie Merchant, released in 2010 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:46 long and contains 28 lines and 138 words.
0:16Lady lovely lady
0:22Careless and gay
0:26Once when a beggar called
0:31She gave her child away
0:55The beggar took the baby
1:00Wrapped it in a shawl
1:06'Bring her back ' the lady said
1:10'Next time you call '
1:39Hard by lived a vain man
1:44So vain and so proud
1:49He would walk on stilts
1:55To be seen by the crowd
1:59Up above the chimney pots
2:05Tall as a mast
2:10And all the people ran about
2:15Shouting till he passed
2:43'A splendid match surely '
2:50Neighbours saw it plain
2:54'Although she is so careless
2:58Although he is so vain '
3:06But the lady played bobcherry
3:11Did not see or care
3:17As the vain man went by her
3:23Aloft in the air
3:30This gentle-born couple
3:36Lived and died apart
3:42Water will not mix with oil
3:46Nor vain with careless heart
Lady lovely lady Careless and gay Once when a beggar called She gave her child away The beggar took the baby Wrapped it in a shawl 'Bring her back ' the lady said 'Next time you call ' Hard by lived a vain man So vain and so proud He would walk on stilts To be seen by the crowd Up above the chimney pots Tall as a mast And all the people ran about Shouting till he passed 'A splendid match surely ' Neighbours saw it plain 'Although she is so careless Although he is so vain ' But the lady played bobcherry Did not see or care As the vain man went by her Aloft in the air This gentle-born couple Lived and died apart Water will not mix with oil Nor vain with careless heart
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