所属专辑:Here Comes The Groom
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The Red Rose And The Briar - John Wesley Harding[00:00:00]
Midweek and we reached scarlet town[00:00:12]
I was almost dying of thirst[00:00:15]
We parked the car in some old schoolyard[00:00:19]
The windscreen caked in dirt[00:00:23]
There was no water in the engine left[00:00:27]
No tread upon the tyres[00:00:31]
The electrics were broke 'cause you went mad[00:00:35]
You ripped out all the wires[00:00:40]
Across the road a small cafe[00:00:47]
In this state of disrepair[00:00:51]
You went for papers and a shave[00:00:55]
So I saved you a chair[00:00:59]
I knew it wasn't the journey's end[00:01:03]
And that your dream was incomplete[00:01:06]
But I just could not stand anymore[00:01:10]
I was dead upon my feet[00:01:15]
I was dead upon my feet[00:01:19]
There's nothing there in the market square[00:01:23]
But the ghost of the scarlet town crier[00:01:27]
I was dead upon my feet[00:01:31]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:01:37]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:01:41]
The waitress told me her life story[00:02:00]
She'd always meant to up and go[00:02:03]
She wiped a cup on her red pinafore[00:02:07]
As we waited for you to show[00:02:11]
And I told her just a little of you[00:02:15]
But left the picture incomplete[00:02:18]
You still weren't there to paint it in person[00:02:23]
So I skipped out on the street[00:02:28]
I skipped out on the street[00:02:31]
The newsagent grinned[00:02:35]
He said yes you'd been in[00:02:37]
You bought a local paper and some shades[00:02:39]
The washroom attendant said[00:02:43]
That you'd freshened up[00:02:45]
That you'd left but you hadn't paid[00:02:47]
And I couldn't figure out where you were[00:02:51]
So I went back to look near the car[00:02:54]
There was nothing there where[00:02:58]
It should have been[00:03:00]
Just oil on dirt and tar[00:03:05]
Just oil on dirt and tar[00:03:08]
There's nothing there in the market square[00:03:12]
But the ghost of the scarlet town crier[00:03:16]
And there was nothing there[00:03:19]
Where it should have been[00:03:21]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:03:26]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:03:30]
I saw it parked way down the street[00:03:44]
In a garage off on the right[00:03:48]
And a man said 'get your hands off son'[00:03:52]
I just traded that wreck for a motorbike[00:03:56]
There was nothing left of mine inside[00:03:59]
Not even the broken radio[00:04:03]
And I couldn't figure out where that left me[00:04:08]
So I went back to look for rose[00:04:13]
The cafe rouge was a lunchtime rush[00:04:21]
Of regulars yelling for food[00:04:25]
And service in there left a lot to be desired[00:04:29]
And all the regulars were getting rude[00:04:32]
I saw an apron thrown over a chair[00:04:36]
A note said 'hey John we're gone we're gone'[00:04:40]
And I just smiled 'cause I loved you both[00:04:45]
So I put the apron on[00:04:52]
I put the apron on[00:04:55]
Still nothing there in the market square[00:04:59]
But the ghost of the scarlet town crier[00:05:03]
And I just put the apron on[00:05:07]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:05:13]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:05:17]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:05:21]
I sing the red rose and the briar[00:05:25]
In scaled there was a born[00:05:42]
There was a paint it do alone[00:05:46]
All the color of the hair was brawn[00:05:51]
And the end[00:05:53]
And the end was[00:05:55]
And the end was[00:05:59]