"Sister Rosa" genre: Americana
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	Slim goes unplugged long enough to turn up as a winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest! Please sing along.
	MP3.com CD: Interstate Medicine - buy it! CD: Interstate Medicine   Label: Shortwave Syndicate Credits: : lyrics and music by Michael Baker
	Story Behind the Song "Sister Rosa" is actually a pretty straightforward account of a night out on the town in San Francisco. I've substituted Satan for the friend I was actually hanging out with, but other than that the evening went pretty much as advertised. Go stand at the corner of 4th and Bryant at midnight if you really want to get close to this song. Lyrics well her name was Rosa/she sang Moon River she sang it like nobody else she stood by the microphone/but not too close and she filled up that stage/all by herself well outside they were towing cars/inside they were drinking and they had all brought their scars/gonna bleed their way to fame well she wore a cheap dress but she was/no damsel in distress she opened her mouth and i lost track of my name Sister Rosa/sing so sweet and high pull me into your Moon River/as you go sailing by well the devil sat next to me, he had a martini in each hand and he was buying but i just don't drink gin and he poured his words out like water in the desert said it's been way too long since i had a swim, and he said son i don't see no ring/let go of your good thing settle the bill with your wages of sin don't know whether to run or hide or take this ride i don't see no one by her side and when that Moon River came rollin' i jumped my body in Sister Rosa/sing so sweet and high pull me into your Moon River/as you go sailing by and she said/i don't know the words well that's alright/and she said i can't carry a tune/well don't get uptight and then she closed her eyes and we were all out of sight and she sang like a whole choir of angels all through the night whoa Rosa keep on singin' ooh yeah well it was last call for alcohol and all the model citizens had gone home i was left with the devil and man he was sauced so we took a walk around the block and i got my soul back outta hock and he left in a cloud of brimstone and exhaust and i don't know if i won or if i lost Sister Rosa/sing so sweet and high pull me into your Moon River/as you go sailing by "

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