《Stones In The Road》歌词

[00:00:00] Stones In The Road - Mary Chapin Carpenter (玛丽翠萍·卡本特)

[00:00:30] When we were young we pledged allegiance

[00:00:33] Every morning of our lives

[00:00:37] The classroom rang with children's voices

[00:00:41] Under teacher's watchful eye

[00:00:44] We learned about the world around us

[00:00:48] At our desks and at dinnertime

[00:00:52] Reminded of the starving children

[00:00:55] We cleaned our plates with guilty minds

[00:00:59] And the stones in the road

[00:01:02] Shone like diamonds in the dust

[00:01:06] And then a voice called to us

[00:01:10] To make our way back home

[00:01:14] When I was ten my father held me

[00:01:18] On his shoulders above the crowd

[00:01:21] To see a train draped in mourning

[00:01:26] Pass slowly through our town

[00:01:29] His widow kneeled with all their children

[00:01:33] At the sacred burial ground

[00:01:36] And the TV glowed that long hot summer

[00:01:40] With all the cities burning down

[00:01:44] And the stones in the road

[00:01:47] Flew out beneath our bicycle tires

[00:01:51] Worlds removed from all those fires

[00:01:54] As we raced each other home

[00:02:27] And now we drink our coffee on the run

[00:02:30] We climb that ladder rung by rung

[00:02:34] We are the daughters and the sons

[00:02:38] And here's the line that's missing

[00:02:44] The starving children have been replaced

[00:02:47] By souls out on the street

[00:02:51] We give a dollar when we pass

[00:02:55] And hope our eyes don't meet

[00:02:58] We pencil in we cancel out

[00:03:02] We crave the corner suite

[00:03:05] We kiss your a** we make you hold

[00:03:09] We doctor the receipt

[00:03:14] And the stones in the road

[00:03:16] They fly out from beneath our wheels

[00:03:20] Another day another deal

[00:03:24] Before we get back home

[00:03:28] Stones in the road

[00:03:31] Leave a mark from whence they came

[00:03:35] A thousand points of light or shame

[00:03:39] Baby I don't know