所属专辑:Changin’ Times
歌手: Flatt & Scruggs
时长: 04:20
Ode to Billie Joe - Flatt & Scruggs[00:00:00]
It was the third of June[00:00:08]
Another sleepy dusty Delta day[00:00:10]
I was out choppin' cotton[00:00:16]
And my brother was bailin' hay[00:00:18]
And at dinner time we stopped[00:00:25]
And walked back to the house to eat[00:00:27]
And mama hollered at the backdoor[00:00:33]
You all remember to wipe your feet[00:00:35]
And then she said I got some news[00:00:41]
This morning from Choctaw Wridge[00:00:43]
Today Billie Joe Macallister[00:00:50]
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge[00:00:52]
Papa said to mama as he passed[00:00:59]
Around the black eyed peas[00:01:01]
Billie Joe never had a lick of sense[00:01:06]
Pass the biscuits please[00:01:10]
There's five more acres[00:01:15]
In the lower forty I got to plow[00:01:17]
And mama said it was a shame[00:01:23]
About Billie Joe anyhow[00:01:25]
Seems like nothing ever comes[00:01:32]
To no good upon Choctaw Wridge[00:01:33]
Now Billie Joe Macallister[00:01:40]
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge[00:01:42]
Brother said he recollected[00:01:49]
When he and Tom and Billie Joe[00:01:50]
Put a frog down my back[00:01:57]
At the Caroll County picture show[00:01:59]
And wasn't I talkin' to him[00:02:05]
After church last Sunday night[00:02:07]
I'll have another piece of apple pie[00:02:13]
You know it just don't seem right[00:02:16]
I saw him at sawmill yesterday[00:02:22]
On Choctaw Wridge[00:02:25]
Now you tell me Billie Joe's[00:02:30]
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge[00:02:32]
Mama said to me child[00:02:39]
What's happened to your apetite[00:02:41]
I've been cooking all morning[00:02:47]
And you haven't touched a single bite[00:02:49]
And nice young preacher brother[00:02:56]
Tailor dropped by today[00:02:58]
Said he'd be pleased to have dinner[00:03:04]
On Sunday oh by the way[00:03:06]
Said he saw a girl that looked a lot[00:03:12]
Like you upon Choctaw Wridge[00:03:15]
She and Billie Joe was throwin' something[00:03:20]
Off the Tallahatchie Bridge[00:03:23]
Year's come and gone[00:03:30]
Since we heard the news about Billie Joe[00:03:31]
Brother married Becky Thompson[00:03:37]
And they bought a store in Tupelo[00:03:39]
There was a virus goin' round papa[00:03:45]
Caught it and he died last spring[00:03:48]
Now mama doesn't seem to[00:03:53]
Want to do much of anything[00:03:56]
And me I spent a lot of time pickin'[00:04:02]
Flowers upon Chotaw Wridge[00:04:04]
And dropped 'em into the muddy water[00:04:10]
Off the Tallahatchie Bridge[00:04:13]