Biography:
Judy Collins (born Judith Marjorie Collins on May 1, 1939, in Seattle, Washington) is an American singer and songwriter known for the eclectic range of material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, and rock and roll, as well as and standards) and for her social activism. Beginning in 1959, she was drawn to the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s. In 1968 she was awarded a Grammy for "Both Sides Now".
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Other songs:
- A Maid Of Constant Sorrow
- A Thousand Kisses Deep
- Aberdeen
- Albatross
- All The Pretty Horses
- Almost Free
- Amazing Grace
- Anathea
- And I Love Her
- Angel On My Side
- Angel Spread Your Wings
- Bard Of My Heart
- Belfast To Boston
- Big Sur
- Bird On The Wire
- Blowin In The Wind
- Blue Raincoat
- Bold Fenian Men
- Bonnie Ship The Diamond
- Born To The Breed
- Both Sides Now
- Bread And Roses
- Bright Morning Star
- Brother Can You Spare A Dime
- Bullgine Run
- Cactus Tree
- Carry It On
- Cats In The Cradle
- Che
- Cherry Tree Carol
- City Of Cities
- City Of New Orleans
- Come Away Melinda
- Cook With Honey
- Crow On The Cradle
- Daddy Youve Been On My Mind
- Dance Little Baby
- Democracy
- Dens Of Yarrow
- Deportee Plane Wreck At Los Gatos
- Desperado
- Diamonds And Rust
- Dorothy
- Dreaming
- Drifting Away
- Drink A Round To Ireland
- Early Morning Rain
- Elena
- Emilio
- Everything Must Change
- Fannerio
- Farewell
- Feels Like Home
- Fifth
- Fires Of Eden
- Fishermen Song
- Fortune Of Soldiers
- From A Distance
- Gaelic Lullaby
- Ghost Riders In The Sky
- Girls And Boys Come Out To Play
- Golden Slumbers
- Good Day Sunshine
- Good Night
- Grandaddy
- Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry
- Hallelujah
- Hard Times For Lovers
- Hey Jude
- Hey Nelly Nelly
- Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye
- Holly Ann
- Home Before Dark
- Houses
- How Can I Keep From Singing
- Hush Little Baby
- I Cant Cry Hard Enough
- I Choose Love
- I Know Where Im Going
- I See The Moon
- I Think Its Going To Rain Today
- Ill Be Seeing You
- Ill Follow The Sun
- Ill Never Say Goodbye
- In The Heat Of The Summer
- In The Hills Of Shiloh
- It Isnt Nice
- Joan Of Arc
- John Riley
- Judith
- Judy Collins
- Judy Collins 3
- Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
- King David
- Kingdom Come
- Let You In
- Lets Pretend
- Lily Of The Valley
- Little Brown Dog
- Liverpool Lullaby
- Loch Lomond
- Long And Winding Road
- Lord Gregory
- Love Hurts
- Lullaby And Good Night
- Maid Of Constant Sorrow
- Mama Mama
- Marie
- Marieke
- Masters Of War
- Memory
- Minnie And Winnie
- Miracle River
- Morning Has Broken
- Morocco
- Mountain Girl
- Mr Tambourine Man
- My Bed Is A Boat
- My Ramblin Boy
- Night
- Nightingale I
- Norwegian Wood
- O Daddy Be Gay
- Oh Had I A Golden Thread
- Once I Was
- Only You
- Open The Door Song For Judith
- Pacing The Cage
- Pack Up Your Sorrows
- Pastures Of Plenty
- Penny Lane
- Pirate Ships
- Poor Immigrant
- Pretty Saro
- Priests
- Prothalamium
- Pure Imagination
- Queen Of The Night
- Races
- Raised On Rock And Roll
- Risk
- Run
- Safe In Bed
- Sailors Life
- Sally Go Round The Roses
- Salt Of The Earth
- Secret Gardens
- Secret Harbor
- Send In The Clowns
- Settle Down
- Shameless
- Shoot First
- Shule Aroon
- Silver Skies Blue
- Simple Gifts
- Since Youve Asked
- Sing Hallelujah
- Singing Lessons
- Sings Lennon And Mccartney
- Sisters Of Mercy
- Sleep Baby Sleep
- Slow Burn
- So Begins The Task
- So Early Early In The Spring
- Someday Soon
- Song For David
- Song For Duke
- Song For Martin
- Song For Sarajevo
- Sons Of
- Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
- Starmaker
- Stars
- Stars In My Eyes
- Strangers Again
- Sun Son
- Sunny Goodge Street
- Suzanne
- Sweet And Low
- Take This Longing
- Tell Me Who Ill Marry
- Ten Oclock All Is Well
- Test Of Time
- That Song About The Midway
- The Air That I Breathe
- The Bells Of Rhymney
- The Best Is Yet To Come
- The Blizzard
- The Blizzard Reprise
- The Coming Of The Roads
- The Dealer
- The Hostage
- The Land Of Nod
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Lovin Of The Game
- The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
- The Night Comes On
- The Patriot Game
- The Prickilie Bush
- The Rainbow Connection
- The Rest Of Your Life
- The Rising Of The Moon
- The Times They Are A
- The Weight
- The White Seals Lullaby
- Thirsty Boots
- Tim Evans
- Time Passes Slowly
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time
- True Stories And Other Dreams
- Turn Turn Turn
- Twelve Gates To The City
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- Voyager
- Wars Of Germany
- We Can Work It Out
- Wedding Song
- Weight Of The World
- Whales Nightingales
- When I Go
- Where Or When
- Who Knows Where The Time Goes
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Yesterday
- You Cant Buy Love
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Judy Collins - The Hostage
[Verse 1]
Dm G Dm
I'm a guard in the grey iron prison, at least I was 'till now
G Bb Dm
It was never a picnic social, never a day
G Dm
They never come in laughing and you know they never taught them how
G Bb Dm
It was damn hard work, and you wouldn't believe the pay
[Verse 2]
G Dm
It was early in the morning, lord, I wasn't but half awake
G Bb Dm
When the cons went nuts, and took us by surprise
G Dm
I never was one for shaking, but I found it hard to stand
G Bb Dm
With a six-inch blade held right before my eyes
[Verse 3]
G Dm
We could hear a siren blowing, somebody yelled in pain
G Bb Dm
Then it got so quiet, you could hear a bird walk by
G Dm
They all had masks on their faces, and they spoke with a voice of Cain
G Bb Dm
"If they come in shooting, then you know you're bound to die"
[Verse 4]
G Dm
I turned to a buddy named Willie, I said "Willie, it'll be all right
G Bb Dm
If they meant to kill us we'd be half way down to Hell
See, they high-jacked a plane in the desert
G Dm
And the government screamed and cried
G Bb Dm
But to save some lives, they opened up a prison cell"
[Verse 5]
G Dm
So the days kept coming and going, tension was getting high
G Bb Dm
But I wasn't too worried, I figured I knew the score
G Dm
I knew they were talking to someone, I knew they were willing to try
G Bb Dm
So I figured my freedom was a matter of a day or two more
[Verse 6]
G Dm
But, Jesus, early this morning, the whirlybird dropped the gas
G Bb Dm
It made me puke and it brought me to my knees
G Dm
The bullets came like hailstones, I heard the first ones pass
G Bb Dm
Then they cut down Willie, and they got Jim Kelly and me
[Verse 7]
G Dm
They come in yelling curses, like they were crossing the River Rhine
G Bb Dm
Shot down every goddamned thing they saw
G Dm
And while I lay there wounded, I took another one in my spine
G Bb Dm
Poor Jim Kelly took another one in his jaw
[Verse 8]
G Dm
They say we had our throats cut by a band of desperate men
G Bb Dm
Say they saved as many of us as they could
G Dm
Well, the governor he should know it, but I think I'll say it again
G Bb Dm
That the governor cut my throat and he cut it good
[Verse 9]
G Dm
Let them take the governor, hold him for a couple of days
G Bb Dm
See who goes in shooting to set him free
G Dm
Hell, they'd open every jail in the country, they'd send them on their way
G Bb Dm
They'd never do to him what the governor done to me
[Verse 1]
Dm G Dm
I'm a guard in the grey iron prison, at least I was 'till now
G Bb Dm
It was never a picnic social, never a day
G Dm
They never come in laughing and you know they never taught them how
G Bb Dm
It was damn hard work, and you wouldn't believe the pay
[Verse 2]
G Dm
It was early in the morning, lord, I wasn't but half awake
G Bb Dm
When the cons went nuts, and took us by surprise
G Dm
I never was one for shaking, but I found it hard to stand
G Bb Dm
With a six-inch blade held right before my eyes
[Verse 3]
G Dm
We could hear a siren blowing, somebody yelled in pain
G Bb Dm
Then it got so quiet, you could hear a bird walk by
G Dm
They all had masks on their faces, and they spoke with a voice of Cain
G Bb Dm
"If they come in shooting, then you know you're bound to die"
[Verse 4]
G Dm
I turned to a buddy named Willie, I said "Willie, it'll be all right
G Bb Dm
If they meant to kill us we'd be half way down to Hell
See, they high-jacked a plane in the desert
G Dm
And the government screamed and cried
G Bb Dm
But to save some lives, they opened up a prison cell"
[Verse 5]
G Dm
So the days kept coming and going, tension was getting high
G Bb Dm
But I wasn't too worried, I figured I knew the score
G Dm
I knew they were talking to someone, I knew they were willing to try
G Bb Dm
So I figured my freedom was a matter of a day or two more
[Verse 6]
G Dm
But, Jesus, early this morning, the whirlybird dropped the gas
G Bb Dm
It made me puke and it brought me to my knees
G Dm
The bullets came like hailstones, I heard the first ones pass
G Bb Dm
Then they cut down Willie, and they got Jim Kelly and me
[Verse 7]
G Dm
They come in yelling curses, like they were crossing the River Rhine
G Bb Dm
Shot down every goddamned thing they saw
G Dm
And while I lay there wounded, I took another one in my spine
G Bb Dm
Poor Jim Kelly took another one in his jaw
[Verse 8]
G Dm
They say we had our throats cut by a band of desperate men
G Bb Dm
Say they saved as many of us as they could
G Dm
Well, the governor he should know it, but I think I'll say it again
G Bb Dm
That the governor cut my throat and he cut it good
[Verse 9]
G Dm
Let them take the governor, hold him for a couple of days
G Bb Dm
See who goes in shooting to set him free
G Dm
Hell, they'd open every jail in the country, they'd send them on their way
G Bb Dm
They'd never do to him what the governor done to me
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