Lyrics Evening Shade (Remastered) - Dolly Parton
My
chain
of
thought
was
broken
by
a
sudden
burst
of
laughter
Something
badly
needed
to
lighten
up
the
chores
Seemed
old
Mrs.
Bailey
had
accidentally
fell
In
the
water
being
used
to
scrub
the
floors
Now
Mrs.
Bailey
was
the
meanest
matron
at
the
home
She
believed
in
lots
of
work
with
little
play
And
we
laughed
til
we
bent
double
Though
we
knew
we'd
get
in
trouble
But
trouble's
all
we
had
at
evening
shade
Now
evening
shade
was
where
they
claim
to
teach
you
understanding
Teach
you
love
and
keep
you
off
the
streets
And
all
the
kids
that
live
there
are
said
to
be
a
problem
Juvenile
delinquents
so
to
speak
But
understanding
isn't
learned
from
punishment
and
anger
An
iron
hand
has
no
gentle
touch
and
love
ain't
learned
from
hate
The
reason
we
were
there
is
'cause
we
had
no
one
who
cared
But
they
cared
even
less
at
evening
shade
Little
Susan
Bradley,
one
night
had
wet
her
bed
Mrs.
Bailey
took
the
razor
strap
and
beat
her
half
to
death
And
I
knew
that
something
must
be
done
to
put
an
end
to
this
And
so
I
started
talking
plans
with
the
older
kids
Plans
were
that
Joe
Johnson
would
steal
the
kerosene
And
I
would
get
some
matches
when
nobody
seen
Beckie
Adams
would
make
sure
the
kids
were
all
outside
Billy
Watson
would
look
out
for
the
evil
eye
Now
Mrs.
Bailey
took
a
nap
at
three
o'clock
each
day
We
knew
that
she'd
be
a'sleeping
as
the
plans
got
underway
Now
that
it's
all
over
and
the
sun
is
going
down
There's
no
evening
shade
because
we
burned
it
to
the
ground
Evening
shade
was
burning
just
like
the
hell
it
was
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