所属专辑:Little Ship
时长: 02:55
OGM - Loudon Wainwright III[00:00:00]
The ong on our machine[00:00:22]
Began with we're not here now[00:00:24]
But you went and changed the we to no one[00:00:27]
Do you mean us or me[00:00:29]
Your new outgoing voice[00:00:32]
Sounds bright and brave and very clear now[00:00:33]
In those seconds you recorded it[00:00:37]
I guess that you felt free[00:00:39]
I started out my message[00:00:45]
With a pause that I aborted[00:00:47]
When I addressed you oddly[00:00:50]
By your given christian name[00:00:51]
Then I told you who was calling you[00:00:55]
That felt downright sordid[00:00:57]
But if I sounded sad and timid[00:01:01]
I achieved my aim[00:01:03]
There's a machine where I'm staying[00:01:07]
That displays a big fat zero[00:01:08]
But last night I arrived[00:01:11]
To find a scary bright red one[00:01:13]
So I pressed play and pretty soon[00:01:17]
I could feel all my fear go[00:01:19]
The few silent seconds that you'd left me[00:01:22]
Are erased and gone now[00:01:25]
Tonight at last we finally spoke[00:01:54]
You sounded rather giddy[00:01:56]
You said you'd had a few drinks[00:01:59]
And you'd been playing with the cat[00:02:01]
When I told you that I missed you[00:02:04]
Your reply to me was really[00:02:06]
Then you said you might have found[00:02:11]
Someone to share the flat[00:02:13]
I said I'd call in a few days[00:02:18]
You know I'll keep my promise[00:02:20]
Yes I miss you is it over[00:02:23]
I don't really know[00:02:26]
As for any messages[00:02:30]
I'll try to keep them honest[00:02:31]
And when I hear that no one's there now[00:02:35]
I'll just scream hello[00:02:38]