music duo
, consisting of Amy Ray
and Emily Saliers
. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia
, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. They started performing with the name “Indigo Girls” as students at Emory University
, performing weekly at The Dugout, a bar
in the Emory Village.
They released a self-produced, full-length record album in 1987 and contracted with a major record company in 1988.
Every five years or so I look back on my life and I have a good laugh.
I offer thanks to those before me. That's all I've got to say. 'Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime Now I have to pay.
The Mississippi's mighty But it starts in Minnesota At a place that you could walk across with five steps down.
I squeeze the sky out but there’s not a star appears
They stole my landThey won't steal my soul
They said "We've been looking for illegal immigrants, Can we check your car?" I said "You know it's funny, I think we were on the same boat back in 1694."
We're sculpted from youth, the chipping away makes me weary
Come on, the summer's coming. Rain's been heavy and the river's running. Loose the cuff It's been tough, But it's fast improving. We got sticks to hollow piles. We got stories- lead to smiles We gotta twirl With this world, I can feel it moving.
I don't know what to believe I just show up and breathe Anymore