Prologue - Marianne Faithfull

Anna i So my sister and I left louisiana

Where the moon on the mississippi is a-shining ever,

Like you always hear in the songs of dixie.

We look forward to our home-coming

And the sooner the better.

Anna ii And the sooner the better!

Anna i Its a month already since we started

For the great big cities where you go to make money.

In seven years our fortune will be made

And then we can go back.

Anna ii In six years would be much nicer.

Anna i Our mom and dad and both our brothers wait in old louisiana

And well send them all our money as we make it,

For all the moneys got to go to build a little house

Down by the mississippi in louisiana.

Right, anna?

Anna ii Yes, anna.

Anna i Shes the one with the looks, Im realistic;

Shes just a little mad, my head is on straight.

But were really one divided being

Even though you see two of us And both of us are anna,

Together weve but a single past, a single future,

One heart and one savings account,

And we only do whats best for one another.

Right, anna?

Anna ii Yes, anna.