《Vain and Careless》歌词

[00:00:00] Vain and Careless - Natalie Merchant

[00:00:16] Lady lovely lady

[00:00:22] Careless and gay

[00:00:26] Once when a beggar called

[00:00:31] She gave her child away

[00:00:55] The beggar took the baby

[00:01:00] Wrapped it in a shawl

[00:01:06] 'Bring her back ' the lady said

[00:01:10] 'Next time you call '

[00:01:39] Hard by lived a vain man

[00:01:44] So vain and so proud

[00:01:49] He would walk on stilts

[00:01:55] To be seen by the crowd

[00:01:59] Up above the chimney pots

[00:02:05] Tall as a mast

[00:02:10] And all the people ran about

[00:02:15] Shouting till he passed

[00:02:43] 'A splendid match surely '

[00:02:50] Neighbours saw it plain

[00:02:54] 'Although she is so careless

[00:02:58] Although he is so vain '

[00:03:06] But the lady played bobcherry

[00:03:11] Did not see or care

[00:03:17] As the vain man went by her

[00:03:23] Aloft in the air

[00:03:30] This gentle-born couple

[00:03:36] Lived and died apart

[00:03:42] Water will not mix with oil

[00:03:46] Nor vain with careless heart