Charlotte she lingered and lived in the shadows Helping Mother in the kitchen for hours and hours Avoiding the charmers, Svengalis and Lords I sing for the shy girl over minor chords Blues In Gray In a dream she ascended outside of her body She looked down below her to the white fields of cotton And she realized, she realized Her dream was long forgotten She peers out a mouse hole to an alternate world To her great, great granddaughters behind her And she whispers, she hollers "Know freedom! From Blues In Gray..." Blues In Gray