《Rehearsals For Retirement(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] Rehearsals For Retirement (Album Version) - Phil Ochs (菲尔·奥克斯)

[00:00:12] The days grow longer for smaller prizes

[00:00:20] I feel a stranger to all surprises

[00:00:30] You can have them I don't want them

[00:00:37] I wear a different kind of garment

[00:00:44] In my rehearsals for retirement

[00:00:51] The lights are cold again they dance below me

[00:00:59] I turn to old friends they do not know me

[00:01:09] All but the beggar he remembers

[00:01:15] I put a penny down for payment

[00:01:22] In my rehearsals for retirement

[00:01:29] Had I known the end would end in laughter

[00:01:36] I tell my daughter it doesn't matter

[00:01:44] The stage is tainted with empty voices

[00:01:52] The ladies painted they have no choices

[00:02:01] I take my colors from the stable

[00:02:08] They lie in tatters by the tournament

[00:02:15] In my rehearsals for retirement

[00:02:22] Where are the armies who killed a country

[00:02:29] And turned a strong man into a baby

[00:02:40] No comes the rabble they are welcome

[00:02:47] I wait in anger and amusement

[00:02:54] In my rehearsals for retirement

[00:03:01] Had I known the end would end in laughter

[00:03:08] Still I tell my daughter that it doesn't matter

[00:03:17] Farewell my own true love farewell my fancy

[00:03:25] Are you still owing me love though you failed me

[00:03:34] But one last gesture for her pleasure

[00:03:41] I'll paint your memory on the monument

[00:03:49] In my rehearsals for retirement