《Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails》歌词

歌曲： Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails

所属专辑：The Elektra Collection (1971-1978)

歌手： HARRY CHAPIN

时长： 03:44

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Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails - Harry Chapin[00:00:01]

Now he was a man who worked with his hands[00:00:14]

Only in a motor he found peace[00:00:17]

He could make an engine sing like a bird[00:00:21]

He could find his only kind of release[00:00:24]

When he was up to the elbows in the grease[00:00:27]

She dreamed of a time for painting[00:00:33]

As she was cleaning up his stains from the rug[00:00:36]

She'd play all day with their children[00:00:40]

And try to meet him with a welcome and hug[00:00:43]

As he came shuffling through the house with a shrug[00:00:47]

I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails[00:00:51]

And hate gets under the skin[00:00:54]

But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone[00:00:58]

And the heart of a body that it's in[00:01:01]

While he was making magic with his piston machines[00:01:11]

She was cleaning up the mess he'd left behind[00:01:14]

She was trying to make it through to the end of the day[00:01:17]

With a little empty time[00:01:21]

And do the painting that meant peace of mind[00:01:25]

I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails[00:01:28]

And hate gets under the skin[00:01:32]

But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone[00:01:35]

And the heart of a body that it's in[00:01:39]

Well one day she didn't bother 'bout making his bed[00:01:48]

She hurried all the children out the door[00:01:51]

And she let the bills and the marketing go[00:01:55]

And she went and almost bought out an art supply store[00:01:58]

It just so happened that day he got to thinking[00:02:04]

Of the grease that always covered up his skin[00:02:07]

So he left the garage a little early[00:02:11]

He got a shave and a manicure and trim[00:02:14]

Came out clean as a plaster maniquin[00:02:18]

He came home in a hurry[00:02:24]

But he almost didn't recognize the place[00:02:27]

It looked like it'd been hit by a hurricane[00:02:31]

There was canvas filling every open space[00:02:34]

And she had paint all over her face[00:02:37]

I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails[00:02:41]

And hate gets under the skin[00:02:45]

But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone[00:02:48]

And the heart of a body that it's in[00:02:52]

They both stood stunned into silence[00:02:58]

Then their laughter exploded like a shout[00:03:01]

And he went out to make some magic in the kitchen[00:03:04]

The clean man learning what cooking was about[00:03:08]

And the dirty girl painting her messy heart out[00:03:11]

I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails[00:03:18]

And hate gets under the skin[00:03:22]

But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone[00:03:25]

And the heart of a body that it's in[00:03:29]