Joan Baez

Songwriter: Kin Vassy Kenny Rogers

I see the town
Where we were born
I see the place
We were raised
I see all the things you wanted
That I never gave

I see sadness
I see sorrow
I see pain in your face
But I just can't see
A stranger in my place

I can see now where we quarrelled
I can see now I was wrong
I can see where you might weaken
When I wasn't strong
I see mem'ries of a love gone bad
That time cannot erase
But I just can't see a stranger in my place

No one seems to know you quite like I do
No one knows the thigs that make you cry
Looking back it seems
I never showed you
And now I lay alone and wonder why

I can see now
Where you might grow tired of dreams
That don't come true
I can see where I have fallen short
Of the things I promised you
I can see mow throug my tear filled eyes no love on your face
I must get used to seein' strangers in my place

Joan Chandos Baez (9 January 1941 -), born in Staten Island, New York, is an American singer-songwriter who help revitalize folk music in the 1960s. She has performed publicly for over 55 years and released some 30 albums. She’s a Quaker by birthright and that is reflected in her early, anti-Vietnam War work, her alignment with the U.S. Civil Rights movement, and her work with Amnesty International.

Baez is highly regarded today for her music and her involvement in social issues, but she’s not without her critics. Her early involvement in the anti-war movement had many claiming she was un-American. Others claim her support of the civil rights movement was self-serving. Baez has always refused to enter the political arena directly, working instead to privately support causes she believes in.

Baez has received numerous awards for her music, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement and Grammy Hall of Fame awards.

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Come from the Shadows

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Come from the Shadows (1972)

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