Lyrics to
Go Limp

This version of Go Limp was released by Nina Simone in 1964.

Visit the Nina Simone Lyrics profile at Decade Lyrics - it has the Go Limp lyrics as well as the rest of the songs by Nina Simone.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Nina Simone or about the 1960s in general.

Oh Daughter, dear Daughter,
Take warning from me
And don’t you go marching
With the N-A-A-C-P.
For they’ll rock you and roll you
And shove you into bed.
And if they steal your nuclear secret
You’ll wish you were dead.

Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay.
Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay.

Oh Mother, dear Mother,
No, I’m not afraid.
For I’ll go on that march
And I’ll return a virgin maid.
With a brick in my handbag
And a smile on my face
And barbed wire in my underwear
To shed off disgrace.

One day they were marching.
A young man came by
With a beard on his cheek
And a gleam in his eye.
And before she had time
To remember her brick…
They were holding a sit-down
On a nearby hay rig.

For meeting is pleasure
And parting is pain.
And if I have a great concert
Maybe I won’t have to sing those folk songs again.
Oh Mother, dear Mother
I’m stiff and I’m sore
From sleeping three nights
On a hard classroom floor.

One day at the briefing
She’d heard a man say,
“Go perfectly limp,
And be carried away.”
So when this young man suggested
It was time she was kissed,
She remembered her brief
And did not resist.

Oh Mother, dear Mother,
No need for distress,
For the young man has left me
His name and address.
And if we win
Tho’ a baby there be,
He won’t have to march
Like his da-da and me.

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Nina Simone?

Nina Simone has released many songs over the years besides Go Limp. Nina Simone released songs from 1958 to 1987 spanning across albums like Little Girl Blue, At Town Hall, The Amazing Nina Simone, At Newport, Forbidden Fruit, At The Village Gate, Nina Simone Sings Ellington, At Carnegie Hall, Broadway Blues Ballads, Folksy Nina, Nina Simone In Concert, Pastel Blues, I Put A Spell On You, Nina Simone With Strings, Wild Is The Wind, Let It All Out, Nina Simone Sings The Blues, High Priestess Of Soul, Silk And Soul, Nuff Said!, Nina Simone And Piano!, To Love Somebody, Black Gold, Here Comes The Sun, Emergency Ward, It Is Finished, Baltimore, Fodder On My Wings, Nina's Back, Let It Be Me, and Live At Ronnie Scott's. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nina Simone.

If you're a fan of popular 1960s songs looking for more songs from 1964 or the 1960s overall, you've come to the right place!

More Songs & Lyrics by Nina Simone

Visit our Nina Simone profile for more Nina Simone songs, lyrics & info!

)