Ballad of Jean McLaren

 

Wanna tell you about a friend of mine

Hey Jean

Wanna tell you about a friend of mine

Hey Jean

Wanna tell you about a friend of mine

75 and doing just fine

Hey Jean, Jean McLaren

 

Met her out in Jerusalem

Hey Jean

Met her out in Jerusalem

Hey Jean

Met her out in Jerusalem

Showed ‘em a granny could make good mayhem

Jean, Jean McLaren

 

            Hey Jean

            It’s good to know where your life has been and where it goes

            Where it flows

            75, she ain’t no kid

            She should be linked to a power-grid

            Hey Jean, Jean McLaren

 

Walked out on the road to Jericho

Hey Jean

Arrests on the road to Jericho

Hey Jean

Arrests on the road to Jericho

Blow that trumpet, blow girl blow

Hey Jean, Jean McLaren

 

Hey Jean

Blow that trumpet one more time,

Bring those walls down one more time

Hey Jean

            75, she ain’t no kid

            She should be linked to a power-grid

            Hey Jean, Jean McLaren

 

She’s a witch and she feels great

Hey Jean

She’s a witch and she feels great

Hey Jean

She’s a witch and she feels great

Let’s build freedom, fuck the state

Hey Jean, Jean McLaren

 

She sings with the Raging Grannies,

Yeah

She sings with the Raging Grannies,

Yeah

I’ll bet she sings out loud and fine

I’m proud to say she’s a friend of mine

Hey Jean, Jean McLaren

 

            Hey Jean

            It’s good to know where your life has been and where it goes

            Where it flows

            75, she ain’t no kid

            She should be linked to a power-grid

            Hey Jean, Jean McLaren.

 

                                                                                                1993

 

 

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