《John Doe No. 24*(Album Version)》歌词

歌曲： John Doe No. 24*(Album Version)

所属专辑：Stones In The Road

歌手： Mary Chapin Carpenter

时长： 05:46

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Songs Title：john doe no 24[00:00:00]

Artist by: Mary Chapin Carpenter[00:00:06]

I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945 in jacksonville illinois[00:00:21]

When asked what my name was there came no reply[00:00:32]

They said i was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy[00:00:36]

But lewis was my name though i could not say it[00:00:42]

I was born and raised in new orleans[00:00:47]

My spirit was wild so i let the river take it[00:00:52]

On a barge and a prayer upstream[00:00:57]

They searched for a mother and they searched for a father[00:01:03]

And they searched'til they searched no more[00:01:08]

The doctors put to rest their scientific test[00:01:13]

And they named me john doe no 24[00:01:17]

And they all shook their heads in pity[00:01:24]

For a world so silent and dark[00:01:28]

Well there's no doubt that life's a mystery[00:01:34]

But so too is the human heart[00:01:39]

And it was my heart's own perfume[00:01:43]

When the crape jasmine bloomed on st charles avenue[00:01:46]

Though i couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming[00:01:55]

By toeing the track i knew[00:02:00]

And if i were an old man returning[00:02:05]

With my satchel and pork pie hat[00:02:10]

I'd hit every jazz joint on bourbon[00:02:16]

And i'd hit every one on basin after that[00:02:20]

The years kept passing as they passed me around[00:03:08]

From one state ward to another[00:03:12]

Like i was an orphaned shoe from the lost and found[00:03:17]

Always missing the other[00:03:23]

They gave me a harp last christmas[00:03:28]

And all the nurses took a dance[00:03:33]

Lately i've been growing listless[00:03:39]

Been dreaming again of the past[00:03:44]

I'm wandering down to the banks of the great big muddy[00:03:48]

Where the shotgun houses stand[00:03:54]

I am seven years old and i feel my daddy[00:03:59]

Reach out for my hand[00:04:05]

While i drew breath no one missed me[00:04:10]

So they won't on the day that i cease[00:04:15]

Put a sprig of crape jasmine with me[00:04:21]

To remind me of new orleans[00:04:25]

I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945 in jacksonville illinois[00:04:31]