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Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Act I: Hey Uncle Paul—Hey boy, How my baby? (”Live”) Lyrics by Walter Russell III, Ryan Speedo Green, Will Liverman, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Recorded Live at the Met - October 23, 2021)

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Hey, Uncle Paul
Hey, boy, how's my baby?
I'm a big boy
You a big boy, that right
Sure is
Then grab that hoe and help me turn this earth
See how the ground pack hard and smooth?
You gotta broke it up
I know, you told me
When you broke the earth, you sayin' you the boss
You get to say what grow
The movement same like chopping wood
Strong leg, strong back, strong arms is all you need to turn the earth
Dark, rich, and ready to seed
What under need to come up and face the sun
Wet worms, black beetles, weeds and moss
But you the boss, you and that hoe
You gotta disturb the earth for thing to grow
It's my garden now
It's your garden now
You gotta disturb the earth for thing to grow
It's my garden now
It's your garden now
So I can grow
Look at me, look at me, I got muscles
I'm not a baby
I'm a big boy, Uncle
It's his garden now
That boy think he somethin', uh-huh
Think he shittin' in high cotton, sure enough
Like he walkin' on air and can't nothin' touch him, that right
Somethin' wrong with that boy
Get outta here
Feel that knot there?
That's your strength come in
Look at me, look at me, I got a muscle
I'm not a baby, Uncle
Come on, boy
Something wrong? What could it be?
Some fatal flaw that everyone could see?
Charles, baby, youngest of five
The neighborhood baby, sweet as pecan pie
Your only sin was to be born when love had spread itself thin
Credits
Walter Russell III

Walter Russell III

Ryan Speedo Green

Ryan Speedo Green

Will Liverman

Will Liverman

Angel Blue

Angel Blue

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

About “Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Act I: Hey Uncle Paul—Hey boy, How my baby? (”Live”)” by Walter Russell III

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