《Evening Shade》歌词

[00:00:00] Evening Shade (Remastered) - Dolly Parton

[00:00:06] My train of thought was broken by a sudden burst of laughter

[00:00:12] Something badly needed to brighten up the chores

[00:00:20] Seemed old mrs bailey had accidentally fell

[00:00:25] In the water being used to scrub the floors

[00:00:31] Now mrs bailey was the meanest matron at the home

[00:00:37] She believed in lots of work with little play

[00:00:42] And we laughed till we bent double

[00:00:46] Though we knew we'd get in trouble

[00:00:49] But trouble's all we had at evening shade

[00:00:55] Now evening shade was where they claim to teach you understanding

[00:01:01] To teach you love and keep you off the streets

[00:01:07] And all the kids that live here are said to be a problem

[00:01:13] Juvenile delinquents so to speak

[00:01:18] But understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger

[00:01:24] An iron has no gentle touch and love ain't learned from hate

[00:01:32] The reason we were here is cause we had no one who cared

[00:01:38] But they cared even less at evening shade

[00:01:47] Little susan bradley one night had wet her bed

[00:01:52] Mrs bailey took the razor strap and beat her half to death

[00:02:00] And i knew that something must be done to put an end to this

[00:02:06] And so i started talking plans with the older kids

[00:02:14] Plans were that joe johnson would steal the kerosene

[00:02:20] And i would get some matches when nobody seen

[00:02:27] Beckie adams would make sure the kids were all outside

[00:02:33] Billy watson would look out for the evil eye

[00:02:40] Now mrs bailey took a nap at three o'clock each day

[00:02:46] We knew that she'd be a'sleeping as the plans got underway

[00:02:54] Now that it's all over and the sun is going down

[00:03:00] There's no evening shade because we burned it to the ground

[00:03:07] Evening shade was burning the light the hill is warn