I am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung
John Coolidge Adams * Track #3 On Nixon in China
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I am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung by John Coolidge Adams
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Richard and Pat Nixon have just been shown the ballet The Detachment of Red Women, and Pat has criticised its violence and its socialist message. Now its creator Jiang Qing answers back with one of the most powerful rage arias since the Queen of the Night’s “Die Hölle Rache”.
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I am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung Lyrics
I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung
Who raised the weak above the strong
When I appear the people hang
When I appear the people
They hang upon my words
And for his sake
Whose wreaths are heavy round my neck
And for his sake
Whose wreaths are heavy round my neck
I speak according to the book
When did the Chinese people
Last expose its daughters?
When did the Chinese people
Last expose its daughters?
At the breast of history
I sucked and pissed
Thoughtless and heartless
Red and blind
I cut my teeth upon the land
And when I walked my feet were bound
On revolution
Let me be a grain of sand
Let me be a grain of sand in heaven’s eye
And I shall taste eternal joy
Let me be a grain of sand
And I shall taste eternal joy
Let me be a grain of sand
Let me be a grain of sand in heaven’s eye
And I shall taste eternal joy
I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung
Who raised the weak above the strong
When I appear the people hang
When I appear the people
They hang upon my words
And for his sake
Whose wreaths are heavy round my neck
I speak according to the book
The book
The book
The book
The book
The book
Book, book, book, the book
Book, book, book, book
To the book
I speak according to the book
I speak according to the book
I speak according to the book
I speak according to the book
The book
The book
The book
The book
The book
[Repeats]