《Gold》歌词

歌曲： Gold

所属专辑：It’s the Ones Who’ve Cracked That the Light Shines Through

歌手： Jeffrey Lewis

时长： 04:34

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Gold - Jeffrey Lewis/Jack Lewis/Anders Griffen[00:00:00]

When I got to the golden city[00:00:00]

Most of the gold was gone[00:00:04]

By that time I had some questions[00:00:07]

So I flagged down a race-car bum[00:00:10]

He said "Sonny I don't know where it's going [00:00:14]

But I can show you where it all comes from"[00:00:17]

And he mopped his red forehead and he pointed[00:00:20]

Straight into the setting sun[00:00:23]

And people let me tell you[00:00:27]

That what I then did saw[00:00:30]

It sent such a shock to my system[00:00:34]

That I almost fell down dead on the floor[00:00:37]

'Cause the sun had a big chunk missing[00:00:40]

About 24 carats wide[00:00:44]

And I stared into that hole in the golden sun[00:00:47]

And you wanna know what I saw inside [00:00:51]

I saw a giant toothpick factory[00:00:54]

And it made my very soul feel sick[00:00:57]

'Cause when I say I saw a toothpick factory[00:01:01]

I mean I saw a factory made out of toothpicks[00:01:04]

And that factory was a-hoppin' and jumpin'[00:01:08]

And a-roaring and letting off steam[00:01:11]

And you know that that ain't all now[00:01:14]

Let me tell you what else I seen[00:01:18]

Behind the factory was a giant mutant monster[00:01:21]

With sixty-seven seperate tails[00:01:25]

And each one was wiggling and waving[00:01:28]

And each one as long as twenty-three whales[00:01:31]

And at the tip of each towering tendril[00:01:34]

Were a dozen tiny pencils of lead[00:01:38]

And each word they wrote was in a different language[00:01:42]

And when you put them all together they said[00:01:45]

"You who have arms to wrestle[00:01:48]

And you who have wars to fight[00:01:52]

And you who have chips on your shoulders[00:01:55]

Must now line up and stand to my right[00:01:58]

But you who are meek and lawful[00:02:02]

And you who are soft and kind[00:02:05]

If you don't want to see something awful[00:02:09]

Run and get yourself a rock to hide behind[00:02:12]

'Cause these colours are just a signal[00:02:15]

And these colours are just about to fade"[00:02:19]

And when I read those words I shivered[00:02:22]

And I saw exactly what the factory made[00:02:25]

Out of a little doorway[00:02:29]

At the end of a conveyor belt[00:02:32]

In the centre of a ring of fire[00:02:36]

Half the size of a postage stamp[00:02:39]

Were a million household items[00:02:42]

Packed into a metal Dukes Of Hazzard lunchbox[00:02:45]

And they were all shut and sealed and fastened[00:02:49]

With a gold combination lock[00:02:52]

And just about every minute[00:02:56]

Another one came right out of the hole[00:02:59]

And crashed to the earth beneath it[00:03:03]

And landed in a lump of coal[00:03:06]

And every poor coal miner[00:03:09]

Who happened on a golden stone[00:03:13]

Was made both richer and wiser[00:03:16]

And had to murder someone to get it home[00:03:19]

And then I had to close my eyelids[00:03:23]

And I had to turn my face away[00:03:26]

The race-car man was crying[00:03:29]

And I heard him angrily say[00:03:33]

"I suppose you want a glass of water[00:03:37]

I suppose you wanna eat something warm"[00:03:40]

Ans I said "Yes but not with you sir"[00:03:43]

And I ran off to be alone[00:03:47]

And I sat under a bridge and I wondered[00:03:50]

What exactly all of these things were[00:03:54]

And I found I could not even remember[00:03:57]

What I thought they were before[00:04:00]

I just want something even[00:04:04]

Something that won't cause no fuss[00:04:07]

The sun can go about its business[00:04:11]

And leave the rest to us[00:04:14]

And we'll call it even[00:04:18]

And we'll call it gold[00:04:21]