Shemekia is, of course the daughter of the late great Texas blues guitarist Johnny Copeland. On her first CD, "Turn The Heat Up" (Alligator 1998), she proves to be an accomplished, energetic blues singer, despite her young age (19 at the time). Living in the big city (New York) has certainly influenced her style, which is more hard-edged and "urban" (whatever that is) than her dad's.
This page contains lyrics to the following song(s):
COLD FEET (Hahn - Hudson) Let me tell you 'bout my big day The biggest day in my whole life He was gonna be my husband And I was gonna be his wife I couldn't wait to say "I do" To show him that I care But when I looked around That no good wasn't there He got cold feet, left me in the lurch Cold feet, standin' in the church He just ran away, left me holding the bouquet Het got cold feet He said he'd never been so happy It was time to settle down But next thing that I know He's moving out of town I don't know which way he went I don't know where that man was heading Well now you know the reason I always cry at weddings He got cold feet, man he just moved Cold feet, took all my money too He said "I'll see you later", dropped me like a hot potatoe He got cold feet (Did a disappearing act!) He said "Honey I'll be there, right there by your side When that organ starts to play that song 'Here comes the bride'" The whole church was singing, man we really rocked the room The only problem we had, we couldn't find the groom He got cold feet, egg on my face Cold feet, never left a trace Gave mama the phone, spent my honeymoon alone He got cold feet Ladies if you plan to marry Find a man that you can trust Don't get stuck there at the altar Or left there in the dust Listen to these words of wisdom And your bubble will never burst A handsome face is one thing But check out his feet first And see if he's got cold feet, he left me in the lurch Cold feet, standin' in the church He just went away, left me holdin' the bouquet Het got cold feet And see if he's got cold feet, man he just flew Cold feet, he took all my money too He said "I'll see you later", dropped me like a hot potatoe He got cold feet, cold feet, cold feet
Shemekia Copeland had some illustrious guest stars on her debut cd, like Michael Hill (of the Blues Mob) and Joe Louis Walker. On this song the guest guitarist was "Monster" Mike Welch.
Ghetto Child (Copeland) Little girl standin' on the corner Somebody please won't you lend a hand I'm just the ghetto child In this so-called, in this so-called free land Somebody, somebody somewhere Somebody please won't you give a dime My mother she's sick, in the bed almost dying And I ain't seen, I ain't seen my daddy in a long time Now that this is the part that move me so much right here She said I know, I knoooooow I oughta be in school But I went to school one mornin' and the teacher she told me When you come back child, have on some shoes I'm just the ghetto child Somebody please please help the ghetto child I'm just the ghetto child In this so-called, in this so-called free land
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