《Poor Thing》歌词

[00:00:00] Poor Thing - Stephen Sondheim

[00:00:00] Written by：Stephen Sondheim

[00:00:00] There was a barber and his wife

[00:00:04] And he was beautiful

[00:00:09] A proper artist with a knife

[00:00:13] But they transported him for life

[00:00:16] And he was beautiful

[00:00:22] Barker his name was benjamin barker

[00:00:26] Transported what was his crime

[00:00:30] Foolishness

[00:00:31] He had this wife y'see

[00:00:34] Pretty little thing

[00:00:35] Silly little nit

[00:00:36] Had her chance for the moon on a string

[00:00:41] Poor thing

[00:00:45] Poor thing

[00:00:48] There were these two y'see

[00:00:51] Wanted her like mad

[00:00:53] One of 'em a judge t'other one his beadle

[00:00:56] Every day they'd nudge and they'd wheedle

[00:01:00] But she wouldn't budge from her needle

[00:01:03] Too bad

[00:01:05] Pure thing

[00:01:07] So they merely shipped the poor blighter off south they did

[00:01:10] Leaving 'er with nothing but grief and a year old kid

[00:01:14] Did she use her head even then oh no god forbid

[00:01:17] Poor fool

[00:01:19] Ah but there was worse yet to come

[00:01:21] Poor thing

[00:01:22] Johanna that was the child's name pretty little johanna

[00:01:27] Go on

[00:01:28] My you do like a good story don't you

[00:01:31] Well beadle calls on her all polite

[00:01:34] Poor thing

[00:01:36] Poor thing

[00:01:37] The judge he tells her is all contrite

[00:01:40] He blames himself for her dreadful plight

[00:01:43] She must come straight to his house tonight

[00:01:46] Poor thing

[00:01:47] Poor thing

[00:01:52] Of course when she goes there

[00:01:54] Poor thing

[00:01:54] Poor thing

[00:01:55] They're having this ball all in masks

[00:01:58] There's no one she knows there

[00:02:00] Poor dear

[00:02:00] Poor thing

[00:02:01] She wonders tormented and drinks

[00:02:03] Poor thing

[00:02:04] The judge has repented she thinks

[00:02:06] Poor thing

[00:02:07] Oh where is judge turpin she asks

[00:02:12] He was there alright

[00:02:13] Only not so contrite

[00:02:18] She wasn't no match for such craft y'see

[00:02:21] And everyone thought it so droll

[00:02:23] They figured she had to be daft y'see

[00:02:26] So all of them stood there and laughed y'see

[00:02:29] Poor soul

[00:02:32] Poor thing

[00:02:41] No would no one have mercy on her

[00:02:43] So it is you benjamin barker