Every morning I listen to the public radio A voice in my ear, it's raspy and low} Sounds like she drank a bottle of Tabasco Who is that foxy lady, I really want to know
Two days after Christmas in 1943 Born in Louisiana down in New Orleans Christened Mary Martha Corrine No one could pronounce it so they called her Cokie Cokie, Cokie Roberts - Queen of the Media Her daddy was a congressman he flew on a plane Crashed in Alaska and was never seen again Her momma was elected to that congress seat First Louisiana woman to accomplish such a feat Cokie, Cokie Roberts - Queen of the Media Went to school in Massachusetts college of Wellesley Worked for PBS, NPR, & ABC Wrote a couple books with her husband Steve Everyone knows Cokie in Washington DC Cokie, Cokie Roberts - Queen of the Media I'd really like to meet her but I'll never get the chance To hold her in my arms at an inaugural dance Every time I hear her voice it puts me in a trance What I wouldn't do to get a little romance with Cokie, Cokie Roberts - Queen of the Media Cokie, Cokie Roberts . . . |