《What To Keep And What To Throw Away》歌词

[00:00:01] Mary Chapin Carpenter - What To Keep And What To Throw Away

[00:00:22] These are your instructions

[00:00:25] Should you choose to follow

[00:00:27] Sit down with pen and paper

[00:00:31] Begin with something hollow

[00:00:33] Like the last words he offered

[00:00:35] No kind of explanation

[00:00:38] They only take up space here

[00:00:40] You do not need to save them

[00:00:48] Open up the closet

[00:00:52] Find his winter coat there

[00:00:53] Check inside the pockets

[00:00:56] Find a crumpled note there

[00:00:58] It says "milk and Sunday paper"

[00:01:01] And a heart smudged in blue ink

[00:01:04] Fold it up and box it before you've time to think

[00:01:14] Sundays are the hardest

[00:01:16] Avoid familiar back roads

[00:01:20] Erase the old phone numbers

[00:01:22] Delete all the photos

[00:01:24] And those you haven't heard from

[00:01:27] Will come as no surprise

[00:01:29] They made their calculation

[00:01:32] When they chose a side

[00:01:46] These are your instructions

[00:01:48] When you become reclusive

[00:01:53] When old friends say they miss you

[00:01:54] When sleep becomes elusive

[00:01:56] Fill up every journal

[00:01:58] Empty every shoebox

[00:02:01] Burn the lists and letters

[00:02:03] Sweep out all the old thoughts

[00:02:06] Shake off all the covers

[00:02:08] Throw every window open

[00:02:10] Stand here in your bare feet

[00:02:13] Welcome in the morning

[00:02:16] These are your instructions

[00:02:18] When grace has left you stranded

[00:02:21] When you are lost and wounded

[00:02:24] Bleeding and abandoned

[00:02:36] Use a tourniquet for pressure

[00:02:39] Let time do it's healing

[00:02:42] Say prayers for good measure

[00:02:44] When you think you've lost all feeling

[00:02:47] Now walk into the guest room

[00:02:49] The last place he was sleeping

[00:02:52] See the outline on the pillow

[00:02:54] Smooth it without weeping

[00:03:02] One last final walk through

[00:03:05] Now move the bags and boxes

[00:03:07] From front porch onto back seat

[00:03:10] Haul away the losses

[00:03:13] These are your instructions

[00:03:15] If you choose to follow

[00:03:18] Stop and take a big breath

[00:03:20] Begin with something hollow