《Tombstone Blues》歌词

[00:00:00] Tombstone Blues (墓碑布鲁斯) - Richie Havens

[00:00:12] The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course

[00:00:15] The city fathers they're trying to endorse

[00:00:19] The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse

[00:00:23] But the town has no need to be nervous

[00:00:27] The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits

[00:00:31] To Jezebel the nun she violently knits

[00:00:34] A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits

[00:00:38] At the head of the chamber of commerce

[00:00:43] Mama's in the fact'ry

[00:00:44] She ain't got no shoes

[00:00:46] Daddy's in the alley

[00:00:48] He's lookin' for food

[00:00:50] I'm in the kitchen

[00:00:52] With the tombstone blues

[00:00:57] The hysterical bride in the penny arcade

[00:01:01] Screaming she moans "I've just been made"

[00:01:05] Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade

[00:01:09] Says "My advice is to not let the boys in"

[00:01:13] Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside

[00:01:17] He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride

[00:01:21] "Stop all this weeping swallow your pride

[00:01:24] You will not die it's not poison"

[00:01:28] Well John the Baptist after torturing a thief

[00:01:32] Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief

[00:01:36] Saying "Tell me great hero but briefplease make it

[00:01:40] Is there a hole for me to get sick in "

[00:01:44] Mama's in the fact'ry

[00:01:46] She ain't got no shoes

[00:01:48] Daddy's in the alley

[00:01:49] He's lookin' for food

[00:01:52] I'm in the streets

[00:01:54] With the tombstone blues

[00:01:58] The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly

[00:02:03] Saying "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"

[00:02:07] And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky

[00:02:10] Saving "The sun's not yellow it's chicken"

[00:02:15] The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save

[00:02:18] Puts jawbones on their tombstones and theirflatters

[00:02:22] Graves

[00:02:23] Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves

[00:02:27] Then sends them out to the jungle

[00:02:30] Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps

[00:02:34] With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps

[00:02:38] With a fantastic collection of stamps

[00:02:42] To win friends and influence his uncle

[00:02:47] Mama's in the fact'ry

[00:02:48] She ain't got no shoes

[00:02:50] Daddy's in the alley

[00:02:52] He's lookin' for food

[00:02:54] I'm in the streets

[00:02:56] With the tombstone blues

[00:03:09] The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone

[00:03:13] Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown

[00:03:17] At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone

[00:03:21] But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter

[00:03:25] Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill

[00:03:29] I would set him in chains at the top of the hill

[00:03:33] Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B DeMille

[00:03:37] He could die happily ever after

[00:03:41] Mama's in the fact'ry

[00:03:42] She ain't got no shoes

[00:03:44] Daddy's in the alley

[00:03:46] He's lookin' for food

[00:03:49] I'm in the streets

[00:03:50] With the tombstone blues

[00:03:55] Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed

[00:03:58] Roll

[00:03:59] Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole

[00:04:03] And the National Bank at a profit road sells maps for

[00:04:07] The soul

[00:04:08] To the old folks home and the college

[00:04:11] Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain

[00:04:15] That could hold you dear lady from going insane

[00:04:19] That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain

[00:04:23] Of your useless and pointless knowledge

[00:04:27] Mama's in the fact'ry

[00:04:29] She ain't got no shoes

[00:04:31] Daddy's in the alley

[00:04:33] He's lookin' for food

[00:04:35] I'm in the chicken

[00:04:37] With the tombstone blue

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