所属专辑:Water & Bridges
歌手: Kenny Rogers
时长: 04:13
My Petition - Kenny Rogers[00:00:00]
I just sat down to watch the game[00:00:20]
When I heard the doorbell ring[00:00:24]
I wondered[00:00:27]
Who in the world it could be[00:00:28]
Through the people all that I saw there[00:00:33]
Was a[00:00:37]
Crooked cap on curly hair[00:00:37]
Some kid[00:00:40]
Squintin' back at me[00:00:42]
I said if you're sellin' somethin'[00:00:46]
Well I ain't buyin' nothin'[00:00:50]
But I[00:00:53]
Appreciate you stoppin' by[00:00:55]
Said I ain't askin' for a dime[00:01:00]
Just a minute of your time[00:01:04]
An' your name[00:01:07]
Here on the dotted line[00:01:09]
Could you sign my petition[00:01:12]
Had a spiral notebook in his hand[00:01:21]
Handed me a chewed up pen[00:01:25]
An' I ask you[00:01:27]
What am I signin' up for[00:01:29]
I scrolled down that wrinkled page[00:01:34]
Saw a couple of neighbors names[00:01:38]
I kept readin'[00:01:41]
Then I sat down on the porch[00:01:43]
It was a letter to the president[00:01:48]
With a list[00:01:51]
That numbered one to ten[00:01:52]
It said make a law where daddy's don't work late[00:01:54]
Keep uncle joe an' those soldiers safe[00:01:59]
Give those kids on tv[00:02:02]
All they want to eat[00:02:05]
Put a stop to bullies on the bus[00:02:09]
No crime no waits no hate no drugs[00:02:12]
Give a jacket and a job[00:02:16]
To people on the street[00:02:18]
I said son sounds like a world I'd like to live in[00:02:21]
And I signed his petition[00:02:26]
He thanked me for my time[00:02:36]
I headed back inside grabbed my beer[00:02:39]
An' got back to the game[00:02:44]
Thought by now that boy he's three doors down[00:02:49]
Here I am just sittin' round[00:02:53]
Waitin' on the world to change[00:02:57]
Must've blocked the whole game out[00:03:03]
All that I could think about was[00:03:06]
Make a law where daddy's don't work late[00:03:10]
Keep uncle joe an' those soldiers safe[00:03:13]
Give those kids on tv[00:03:17]
All they want to eat[00:03:19]
Put a stop to bullies on the bus[00:03:23]
No crime no waits no hate no drugs[00:03:26]
Give a blanket and a job[00:03:30]
To people on the street[00:03:33]
An' I thought[00:03:35]
Man ain't that a place I'd like to live in[00:03:36]
And I thank God[00:03:42]
For that boy that's out there fixin'[00:03:44]
The world with his petition[00:03:48]