《The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance》歌词

[00:00:00] The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance - Michael Esper Collin Kelly-Sordelet

[00:00:02] (音乐剧《末日之舰》歌曲)

[00:00:09] In the streets around here

[00:00:12] There was nobody tougher than me

[00:00:17] I was quick with me fists and fast with me

[00:00:21] Footwork as you can plainly see

[00:00:26] But while fighting was useful for getting your way

[00:00:30] Among the toughs of the town where you could hold sway

[00:00:35] There had to be something that was better than this

[00:00:39] I was fifteen years old and I'd never been kissed

[00:00:46] Well of course she'd ignore me her friends would all sneer

[00:00:51] At me bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear

[00:00:55] For it's hard to convince in a romantic pose

[00:01:00] With a lovely black eye and a broken nose

[00:01:04] Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined

[00:01:08] Than the pugilist's art and so I inclined

[00:01:13] To take myself serious as a modern romancer

[00:01:17] And I secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer

[00:01:24] So ye swing to the left ye swing to the right

[00:01:30] Keep your eyes on your partner like wood than fight

[00:01:34] Ye just keep to the rhythm and follow the beat

[00:01:38] The important thing's never to look at your feet

[00:01:43] Then a miracle happens your mind's in a trance

[00:01:47] Though the strategy's subtle retreat and advance

[00:01:52] It's all about attitude all in your stance

[00:01:56] Attention to detail leaving nothing to chance

[00:02:00] Which explains how the pugilist finally learned how to dance

[00:02:08] Well I'd waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught

[00:02:12] I'd pretend I was sweeping or practicing sport

[00:02:17] But I really had eyes for your mother ye see

[00:02:21] Wanting her to acknowledge this new version of me

[00:02:26] But now everyone's watching expecting I'll fail

[00:02:30] But there's fire in me belly there's wind in me sails

[00:02:34] I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance

[00:02:38] But I couldn't retreat now I had to advance

[00:02:47] So I swing to the left I swing to the right

[00:02:53] Keep your eyes on your partner like I would in a fight

[00:02:57] I just keep to the rhythm and follow the beat

[00:03:01] The important thing's never to look at your feet

[00:03:06] But a miracle's happened and your mind's in a trance

[00:03:10] They're all laughing and cheering and looking askance

[00:03:14] On the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance

[00:03:23] In about where the strategist's bridges were burned

[00:03:27] Where it seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned

[00:03:31] 'Twas the night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper

[00:03:36] And this poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers

[00:03:40] The night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance