Righting on the Wallz: music

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

The Ballad of Jo Jo Beaudreaux

It doesn't look it from this picture,
but Angela is a "Girl Living in Color."

by Angela K. Durden
The Most Brilliant, Funniest, Writingest,
and Singingest Woman in the World

Citizen Journalist. Novelist. Author of other stuff.

Business writer. Songwriter. Protecting creator's copyrights.

I wrote this song for author Linda Sands' character Jo Jo Beaudreaux, a truck-driving, crime-solving woman featured in "Grand Theft Cargo" and "Precious Cargo."

LYRICS:

VERSE 1
Jo Jo Beaudreaux’s seen her fair share of sadness
She lost her mama; and she watched her lover die.
Jo Jo Beaudreaux, oh, you know she loves her daddy.
And he loves her back with an absolute fierce pride.
Now, Jo Jo Beaudreaux does not go looking for trouble.
But she always comes back to her buddies,
she’s there on the double. She's got a

CHORUS:
Kimber on her ankle. Trouble she can smell.
When things get rough, bad
guys will go to Hell. She’s got a…
Kimber on her ankle. {Come on. Come on.}
Trouble she can smell. {Come on. Come on.}
When things get rough bad guys will go to Hell.
Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo.
Beau dreaux. {Come on. Come on.}

VERSE 2
Jo Jo Beaudreaux drives her truck on the big roads.
Dead-heading and drawing lines ain’t her thing.
Jo Jo Beaudreaux watches lollipops slide on by
And she nNever feeds the bears, that ain’t no lie.
Jo Jo Beaudreaux, you know the girl likes to boogie.
Four-wheel bumper stickers bring her lots of worry.
She’s got a

CHORUS:
Kimber on her ankle. Trouble she can smell.
When things get rough, bad
guys will go to Hell. She’s got a…
Kimber on her ankle. {Come on. Come on.}
Trouble she can smell. {Come on. Come on.}
When things get rough bad guys will go to Hell.
Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo.
Beau dreaux. {Come on. Come on.}

OUTRO:

Kimber on her ankle.
Watch your back door, bad guys.
She’ll find your twenty.
Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo. Jo Jo.
Jo Jo Beaudreaux. {Come on. Come on.}

Ballad of Jo Jo Beaudreaux
© 2017 Lyrics, Melody, Composition
Angela K. Durden and Second Bight Publishing