《Before and After》歌词

[00:00:00] Before And After - Carrie Newcomer/Mary Chapin Carpenter (玛丽翠萍·卡本特)

[00:00:12] The dust settles after a hit and run

[00:00:18] Bewildered by the damage done

[00:00:24] I don't know why we choose the roads we travel

[00:00:30] Or how a life could get so unraveled

[00:00:40] We live our lives from then until now

[00:00:45] By the mercies received over the mark upon our brow

[00:00:51] To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter

[00:00:58] And frame my life by before and after

[00:01:07] Once a trick of light made me believe

[00:01:13] A red fire was blazing from every tree

[00:01:20] We held hands as the evening gathered

[00:01:26] I forgave myself for what I didn't ask her

[00:01:35] Once I saw the sky filled with falling stars

[00:01:41] Bumped my head in the dark and it left a scar

[00:01:48] Held on too tight before I let it go

[00:01:53] Then forgave myself for what I didn't know

[00:02:03] We live our lives from then until now

[00:02:08] By the mercies received over the mark upon our brow

[00:02:15] To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter

[00:02:21] And frame my life by before and after

[00:02:30] I've stretched my soul over fifty states

[00:02:36] I have lived on fumes and religious cornflakes

[00:02:42] And once I dreamt my shoes had grown thin and battered

[00:02:49] And forgave myself for what didn't matter

[00:02:58] God said cain where is your brother

[00:03:05] And who will tell his grieving mother

[00:03:11] Jacob dreamt an angel called his name

[00:03:17] And he never was quite the same

[00:03:26] We live our lives from then until now

[00:03:31] By the mercies received over the mark upon our brow

[00:03:38] To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter

[00:03:44] And frame my life by before and after