"Many Mansions" - Allison Russell

"Many Mansions" performed by Allison Russell from the new album 'My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall'.
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MANY MANSIONS (LYRICS)
Hope is a thing with feathers
That perches on the soul
Said the homeless young girl standing there
Strong against the cold.
I reached into my pocket
Said a penny for your poetry
But when I handed her a dollar bill
She was shaking her head at me.
And she said these words to me.
In my mother's house are many mansions
Though tonight I make my bed out on the street.
Where I've seen life stilled by winter's bitter chill.
In my mother’s house there's mansion for me
Sleep is a silent pleasure
Behind doors with deadbolt locks,
But it's a concrete nightmare and a chance you take
On the streets in a cardboard box .
But I know about the eye of the needle
what will come to pass
When the least of us shall be the first
And the first now shall be last.
Who's homeless now I ask?
In my mother's house are many mansions.
Though tonight I make my bed out on the street
Where I've seen life stilled by winter's bitter chill.
In my mother’s house there's mansion for me.
In my mother's house are many mansions.
Though tonight I make my bed out on the streets
Where I've seen lives stilled by winter's bitter chill.
In my mother’s house there’s a mansion for me
Where I’ve seen life stilled by winter’s chill
In my mothers house there’s a mansion for me
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches on the soul
Said the homeless young girls standing there
Strong against the cold
Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction. She lives in Nashville where she writes country songs.
Oh Boy Records is honored to partner with Alice Randall and a community of Black, female musicians to bring you My Black Country - The Songs of Alice Randall. Alice Randall has written songs performed by Glen Campbell, Moe Bandy, Marie Osmond, Jo-El Sonier, Judy Rodman, Radney Foster, Holly Dunn, and Trisha Yearwood. She is the first Black woman to have a number-one hit on the country charts. Her influence in country music and as a voice in the Black community is immense. Here we present a collection of Alice's songs re-imagined and re-recorded by Black female artists from around America.
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