《The First To Leave》歌词

[00:00:00] The First To Leave - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)/Brodsky Quartet (柏洛斯基弦乐乐团)

[00:00:14] I should open with a kiss

[00:00:21] For if you're reading this

[00:00:25] You must have opened up your case

[00:00:31] And found this letter where I placed it

[00:00:35] In between the silk and lace

[00:00:41] There were other clues

[00:00:47] Like your walking shoes

[00:00:52] But I still refused to believe

[00:01:02] That you were meant to be the first to leave

[00:01:17] Everybody here sends you their love

[00:01:26] How could I forget you still walk above

[00:01:36] Or below

[00:01:38] Perhaps you'll never know this purgatory

[00:01:43] We never could agree

[00:01:45] There's a thought there's a pause

[00:01:50] No time to repent

[00:01:55] Eternally yours

[00:02:01] In a permanent lent

[00:02:09] But if I should give you up

[00:02:14] If you're right and life just stops

[00:02:19] And I never see your face again

[00:02:24] Then from unearthly pleasures proud and plain

[00:02:30] I shall abstain

[00:02:35] Til you realize my loss is your surprise

[00:02:45] Unless you know otherwise

[00:02:50] Then don't grieve

[00:02:56] You see I had to be the first to leave