Trinkets Lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

1 When I was a kid

2 I had a little record

3 I played it over and over

4 Each and every day.

5 Sung by a man

6 Named Louie Armstrong.

7 Saint's marched right in from my Close and Play.

8 When I was a kid

9 I had a little picture

10 And I looked at that picture

11 All the time.

12 Painted by a man

13 Mama said his name was Vinnie.

14 A farmer sowing seeds on a really nice day.

15 Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies like

16 To help 'em be happy

17 Like that guy named Mike.

18 Yeah that groovy old man that fixes my bike

19 Down there on 'Dumaine Street, New Orleans Louisiana.

20 When I was a kid

21 I had a little wiener dog

22 I loved that little wiener dog

23 And she loved me.

24 Spent warm spring days feeding that little wiener dog

25 Ripe sweet cherries from our cherry tree.

26 (An') if I ever get older, if I ever die.

27 If I get to a gate at the end of the sky.

28 And a beautiful creature says

29 Now Bonnie what do you want?

30 Might say a record and a picture and a wiener dog swear to God.

31 Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies want

32 To help 'em be happy

33 Like that ol' gal named Betty.

34 Yeah that groovy old chick teaches Tai-Chi on the levee.

35 Rain or shine she's out there she's dedicated.

36 She wrinkled but she

37 Lovely.

38 She flexible and don't you wish we all were flexible enough to

39 Dance now?

40 Dance little children now

41 The whole round world is your neighborhood.

42 Dance little children now

43 Nekkid as a Jaybird.

44 Dance little children now

45 The whole round world is your neighborhood.

46 Dance little children now

47 Nekkid as a Jaybird.

48 They're just trinkets.

49 Little stepping stones

50 To let you know you was here.