Discussion: Evaluating the Progress of Social Change

lady in red

i waz missin somethin

lady in purple

somethin so important

lady in orange somethin promised

lady in blue a layin 0£ of hands

lady in green

finge,rs J:Iear my forehead

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lady in yollow

strong

lady in gl'oon

cool

lady in orango

movin

lady in purple

makin me whole

lady in orange

sense

lady in green

pure

lady in blue all the gods comin into mo layin me open to myself

lady in red i waz missin somethin

lady in green

somethin promised

lady in orange somethin free

lady in purple a layin on of hands

lady in blue

i know bout/ layin on bodies/ layin outta man

bringin him alla my fleshy self & some of my pleasure bein taken full eager wet like i get sometimes i waz missin somethin

lady in purple a layin on of hands

lady in blue not a man

lady in yellow layin on

lady in purple

not my mama/ holdin me tight/ sayin i'm always 1gonna be her girl not a layin on of bosom & womb a layin on of hands

the holiness of myself released

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lady in red i sat up one nite walkin a boardin house

screamin/ cryin/ the ghost of another woman who waz missin what i waz missin i wanted to jump up outta my bones

& be done wit myself

leave me alone & go on in the wind it waz too much i fell into a numbness ti! the only tree i cd see took me up in her branches

held me in the breeze made me dawn dew

that chill at daybreak the sun wrapped me up swingin rose light everywhere

the sky laid over me like a million men i waz cold/ i waz burnin up/ a child & endlessly weavin garments for the moon

wit my tears

i found god in myself & i loved her/ i loved her fiercely

All of the ladies repeat to them­

selves softly the Jines 'i found god

in myself & i loved her.' It soon

becomes a song of joy, started by

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the lady in blue. The ladies sing

first to each other, then gradually

to the audience. After the song

peaks the ladies enter into a closed

tight circle.

lady in brown

& this is for colored girls who have considered

suicide/ but are movin to the ends of their own rainbows

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