Charlyn Marie Marshall, also known as Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall, was born in Georgia. After dropping out of high school, she started performing under the name Cat Powerwhile in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Mark Moore, and others. She soon moved to New York City where, after opening for Liz Phair in 1994, she met Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to record, and played on her first two albums, 1995's Dear Sirand 1996's Myra Lee. In 1996 she was signed to Matador Records, and released her third album, What Would the Community Think, which spawned a single and music video, "Nude as the News". Shortly following the release of What Would the Community ThinkMarshall disappeared from the musical scene, initially working as a baby sitter in Portland, Oregon and then moving to a farmhouse in Prosperity, South Carolina with boyfriend Bill Callahan (who performs under the name Smog).
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Cat Power
Went to the doctor
I said doctor please
What do you do when your true love leaves
Said the hardest thing in the world to do
Is to find somebody who believes in you
Make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
So I went to the whipper whale
I said killer whale please
What do you do when your true love leaves
She said I only have one trick up my sleeve
I sing it over and over til he comes back to me
I make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
I make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Went to my papa
I said papa, please
What do you do when your true love leaves
He said the hardest thing in the world to do
Is to find somebody who believes in you
I make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
So I went to the whale
I said killer whale please
What do you do when your true love leaves
He said I only have bout one trick up my sleeve
I sing it over and over til she comes back to me
I make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Went to my mama
I said mama, please
What do you do when your true love leaves
She said the hardest thing in the world to do
Is to find somebody who believes in you