《Letter in the Mail》歌词

[00:00:01] Letter In The Mail - James Taylor

[00:00:16] If I could go down now

[00:00:19] While the whole town is sleeping

[00:00:23] See the sun creeping up on the hill

[00:00:29] I know the river and the railroad

[00:00:33] Would run through the valley still

[00:00:44] I guess it never was much to look at

[00:00:47] Just a one-horse town

[00:00:51] The kind of place young people want to leave today

[00:00:58] Store fronts pretty much boarded up

[00:01:01] Main Street pretty much closed down

[00:01:12] The church bell still rings on Sunday

[00:01:19] Old folks still go

[00:01:22] The young ones listen on the radio

[00:01:26] Saturday night nothing but a stray dog running wild

[00:01:32] Like nobody's child

[00:01:40] And little by little light after light

[00:01:43] That's how it died

[00:01:47] They say you never go home again

[00:01:50] That's no lie

[00:01:53] Its like a letter in the mail

[00:01:55] To a brother in jail

[00:01:57] It's a matter of time

[00:01:59] Until you can do a little bit better time

[00:02:06] It used to be part of the heartland

[00:02:18] Awful proud and strong

[00:02:22] But deep deep down peaceful and serene

[00:02:29] When people used to talk about the country

[00:02:31] That's what they used to mean

[00:02:43] I might go down come the weekend

[00:02:46] Go on my own

[00:02:50] Drop off Annie and the baby

[00:02:53] Maybe drive alone

[00:02:56] Pay my last respects to a time

[00:03:01] That has all but gone

[00:03:10] We said Mama come look at the mountain

[00:03:17] Fire in the sky

[00:03:21] It's lit up like the Fourth of July

[00:03:24] The mill burning down

[00:03:28] The jobs leaving town

[00:03:31] The trains rolling by

[00:03:38] And little by little light after light

[00:03:42] That's how it died

[00:03:46] They say you never go home again

[00:03:48] That's no lie

[00:03:52] It's just a letter in the mail

[00:03:54] To a brother in jail

[00:03:55] It's a matter of time

[00:03:58] Until you can do a little bit better time