Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1944) is an American singer/songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.
Sharon Myers adopted the name Jackie DeShannon, believed to be an Irish ancestor. Record company executives at Liberty Records thought the name Sharon Myers wouldn't sell records. (She once reported that record executives added "Shannon" to "Jackie Dee
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F#mBmDF#m The wind in my hair and the sun in my eyes BF#mC# This is the life that I have chose F#mBDF#m I must keep running until I fall BF#mC#F#m I can’t live with the lies that some people have told
Chorus: F#mBmC#F#m Send my mother a lock of my hair AC#mC# Send my father the ribbons he gave me F#mEDC# Tell them hated so say farewell BmAC#mF#m But I can’t live with the lies that some people tell BmF#m Why can’t the world be like little yellow roses C#F#m Lies they don’t know, truth only they grow
I’ve always believed all man are equal Whatever colour, religion or land I can’t stand still and watch it destroyed So I’ll keep on running until it is forever mend