《Simple Joys(Pippin/1972 Original Broadway Cast Recording)》歌词

歌曲： Simple Joys(Pippin/1972 Original Broadway Cast Recording)

所属专辑：Pippin

歌手： Ben Vereen

时长： 02:56

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Simple Joys - Ben Vereen[00:00:00]

Sweet summer evenings,[00:00:06]

hot wine and bread[00:00:08]

Sharing your supper,[00:00:11]

sharing your bed[00:00:13]

Simple joys[00:00:16]

have a simple voice:[00:00:17]

It says why not go ahead?[00:00:19]

Wouldn't you rather[00:00:21]

be a left-handed flea[00:00:22]

A crab on a slab[00:00:24]

at the bottom of the sea[00:00:26]

Than a man who[00:00:27]

never learns how to be free[00:00:28]

Not 'til he's cold and dead[00:00:30]

Well I'll sing you[00:00:36]

the story of a sorrowful lad[00:00:37]

Had everything he wanted,[00:00:38]

didn't want what he had[00:00:40]

He had wealth and pelf[00:00:41]

and fame and name and all of[00:00:42]

That noise[00:00:44]

But he didn't have[00:00:44]

none of those simple joys[00:00:45]

His life seemed[00:00:47]

purposeless and flat[00:00:48]

Aren't you glad[00:00:52]

you don't feel like that?[00:00:53]

So he ran from all[00:00:57]

the deeds he'd done, he ran[00:00:58]

Things he'd just begun[00:01:00]

He ran from himself,[00:01:00]

now that's mighty far to run[00:01:01]

Out into the country[00:01:03]

where he played as a boy[00:01:04]

He knew he had to[00:01:05]

find him some simple joys[00:01:06]

He wanted someplace[00:01:08]

warm and green[00:01:10]

We all could use[00:01:14]

a change of scene[00:01:15]

Sweet summer evenings[00:01:22]

so full of sound[00:01:24]

Gaining a lover,[00:01:27]

you're gaining a pound[00:01:29]

Simple joys have a simple voice[00:01:32]

that say take a look around[00:01:35]

And wouldn't you[00:01:37]

rather be a left-handed flea[00:01:38]

A crab on a slab[00:01:40]

at the bottom of the sea[00:01:42]

A newt on the[00:01:43]

root of a banded tree[00:01:44]

Than a man that[00:01:46]

never learns how to be free[00:01:47]

Not 'til he's underground[00:01:48]

Sweet summer evenings,[00:01:55]

sapphire skies[00:01:57]

Feasting her belly[00:02:00]

You're Feasting your eyes[00:02:03]

Simple joys have a simple voice:[00:02:05]

It says time's a living prize[00:02:08]

And wouldn't you[00:02:10]

Rather be a left-handed flea[00:02:11]

A crab on a slab[00:02:14]

at the bottom of the sea[00:02:15]

A newt on the root[00:02:16]

of a banyan tree[00:02:17]

Or a fig on[00:02:19]

a twig in Galilee[00:02:20]

Than a man who never[00:02:21]

learns how to be free[00:02:23]

Not till the day[00:02:24]

Not till the day[00:02:25]

Not till the day[00:02:26]

Not till the day dies![00:02:27]

na na na na na[00:02:35]

na na na na na[00:02:36]

na na na na na[00:02:38]

na na na na na[00:02:40]