Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues/R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. Raitt began playing guitar at an early age, something not a lot of her high school girlfriends did. Later she would become famous for her bottleneck-style guitar playing. "I had played a little at school and at camp," she later recalled in a July 2002 interview. "My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby—nothing more...I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist.
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Crooked Crown Lyrics
Bonnie Raitt
(Maia Sharp/David Batteau)
I could say what I mean
(or I could dance around it)
it would feel good to scream
(I should quiet down)
I could be recognized
(or I could stay in bed)
look the world in the eyes
(or just hang my head)
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
Knowing I'll lose it if I look down
When my ship has come in
(when it runs aground)
I'll be smiling again
(turn those corners down)
I've got something to say
(no one's listening)
it's my reckoning day
(so where's the reckoning?)
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
knowing I'll lose it if I look down
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
My prodigy and my idiot play
for the prize of my delicate line
somehow the score at the end of
the day is still 51-49
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
knowing I'll lose it if I look down
I'm holding steady this crooked crown