《The People Are Scratching(Album Version)》歌词

歌曲： The People Are Scratching(Album Version)

所属专辑：God Bless The Grass

歌手： Pete Seeger

时长： 03:37

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The People Are Scratching-Pete Seeger[00:00:01]

Come fill up your glasses and set yourselves down [00:00:09]

I'll tell you a story of somebody's town [00:00:12]

It isn't too near and it's not far away [00:00:15]

It's not a place where I'd want to stay [00:00:18]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:00:21]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:00:25]

The winter came in with a cold icy blast [00:00:31]

It killed off the flowers and killed off the grass [00:00:34]

The rabbits were starving because of the freeze [00:00:37]

They started eating the bark off the trees [00:00:40]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:00:43]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:00:47]

The farmers said "This sort of thing just won't do [00:00:52]

Our trees will be dead when the rabbits get through [00:00:55]

We'll have to poison the rabbits it's clear;[00:00:58]

Or we'll have no crops to harvest next year "[00:01:01]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:01:04]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:01:08]

So they brought the poison and spread it around [00:01:14]

And soon dead rabbits began to be found [00:01:17]

Dogs ate the rabbits and the farmers just said [00:01:20]

"We'll poison those rabbits 'til the last dog is dead "[00:01:23]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:01:26]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:01:30]

Up in the sky there were meat-eating fowls [00:01:35]

The dead rabbits poisoned the hawks and the owls [00:01:38]

Thousands of field mice the hawks used to chase[00:01:41]

Were multiplying all over the place [00:01:44]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:01:47]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:01:51]

The fields and the meadows were barren and brown [00:01:57]

The mice got hungry and moved into town [00:02:00]

The city folks took the farmer's advise[00:02:02]

And all of them started to poison the mice [00:02:05]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:02:08]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:02:12]

There were dead mice in all the apartments and flats [00:02:17]

The cats ate the mice and the mice killed the cats [00:02:21]

The smell was awful and I'm glad to say[00:02:24]

I wasn't the man hired to haul them away [00:02:26]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:02:29]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:02:33]

All through the country and all through the town[00:02:42]

There wasn't a dog or cat to be found [00:02:45]

The fleas asked each other "Where can we stay "[00:02:48]

They've been on the people from then 'til this day [00:02:51]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:02:54]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat [00:02:58]

All you small creatures that live in this land[00:03:06]

Stay clear of the man with the poisonous hand [00:03:09]

A few bails of hay might keep you alive[00:03:12]

But he'll pay more to kill you than let you survive [00:03:15]

Now the people are scratching all over the street[00:03:19]

Because the rabbits had nothing to eat[00:03:23]