Kaw-Liga

from Music City Exports (EP) by Jackson Harper

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Kaw-liga was a wooden Cherokee
Standing by the door
He fell in love with a Choctaw maiden
Over in the antique store
Kaw-liga
Just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer yes or no

He always wore his Sunday feathers
And held a tomahawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids
And hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-liga
Just stood there and never showed a sign
Because his heart was made of knotty pine

Poor old Kaw-liga, he never got a kiss
Poor old Kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed
Is it any wonder that his face is red
Kaw-liga, that poor old wooden head

Kaw-liga was a lonesome Cherokee
Never went nowhere
His heart was set on the Choctaw maiden
With the coal-black hair
Kaw-liga
Just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer yes or no

And then one day a wealthy customer
Bought the Choctaw maid
He carried her off so far away
But old Kaw-liga stayed
Kaw-liga
Just stood there as lonesome as could be
And dreamed that he was still an old pine tree

Poor old Kaw-liga, he never got a kiss
Poor old Kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed
Is it any wonder that his face is red
Kaw-liga, that poor old wooden head

Kaw-liga was a wooden Cherokee
Standing by the door
He fell in love with a Choctaw maiden
Over in the antique store
Kaw-liga
Kaw-liga
Kaw-liga

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from Music City Exports (EP), released April 28, 2016

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Jackson Harper is an Alabama-raised, Tennessee-seasoned singer-songwriter currently living in the midwest.

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