Joan Baez Lyrics

You were born gifted

With the voice of a Meadowlark

You were loved and respected by everyone

And became the folk scene's Queen Matriarch

Your Mexican father and Scottish mother

Taught you to care about one another

To speak out for those abused and forgotten

For all those victims oppressed and downtrodden

You met Leonard at The Chelsea in 61

When your careers had only just begun

Then it was a run down dive in truth

Near you a junkie threw up in the phone booth

You were with Bobby but he married her

Things could never be as they were

He had so many places to go

To wherever the wind blows

Though the winds of the old days

Will stay in the memory always

Will stay in the memory always

The voice of an angel calling through the mist

Close your eyes and make a wish

But say goodbye let him go

You lost him to the wind a long time ago

But no matter what the winds of the old days

Wll stay in the memory always

Wll stay in the memory always

You were always humble and polite

You stood up for people's human rights

Was never afraid to say what's true

May all of humanity bless you

May you always be forever young at heart

May your warm smile never ever depart

You cross paths now and then when you play

Things can never be as they were in the old days

The voice of an angel calling through the mist

Close your eyes and make a wish

But say goodbye and let his memory go

You lost him to the wind a long time ago

But no matter what the winds of the old days

Wll stay in the memory always

Wll stay in the memory always

The voice of an angel calling through the mist

Close your eyes and make a wish

But say goodbye let him go

You lost him to the wind a long time ago

But no matter what the winds of the old days

Wll stay in the memory always

Wll stay in the memory always