《Tombstone Blues》歌词

歌曲： Tombstone Blues

所属专辑：I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)

歌手： Richie Havens

时长： 05:28

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Tombstone Blues (墓碑布鲁斯) - Richie Havens[00:00:00]

The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course[00:00:12]

The city fathers they're trying to endorse[00:00:15]

The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse[00:00:19]

But the town has no need to be nervous[00:00:23]

The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits[00:00:27]

To Jezebel the nun she violently knits[00:00:31]

A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits[00:00:34]

At the head of the chamber of commerce[00:00:38]

Mama's in the fact'ry[00:00:43]

She ain't got no shoes[00:00:44]

Daddy's in the alley[00:00:46]

He's lookin' for food[00:00:48]

I'm in the kitchen[00:00:50]

With the tombstone blues[00:00:52]

The hysterical bride in the penny arcade[00:00:57]

Screaming she moans "I've just been made"[00:01:01]

Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade[00:01:05]

Says "My advice is to not let the boys in"[00:01:09]

Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside[00:01:13]

He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride[00:01:17]

"Stop all this weeping swallow your pride[00:01:21]

You will not die it's not poison"[00:01:24]

Well John the Baptist after torturing a thief[00:01:28]

Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief[00:01:32]

Saying "Tell me great hero but briefplease make it[00:01:36]

Is there a hole for me to get sick in "[00:01:40]

Mama's in the fact'ry[00:01:44]

She ain't got no shoes[00:01:46]

Daddy's in the alley[00:01:48]

He's lookin' for food[00:01:49]

I'm in the streets[00:01:52]

With the tombstone blues[00:01:54]

The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly[00:01:58]

Saying "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"[00:02:03]

And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky[00:02:07]

Saving "The sun's not yellow it's chicken"[00:02:10]

The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save[00:02:15]

Puts jawbones on their tombstones and theirflatters[00:02:18]

Graves[00:02:22]

Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves[00:02:23]

Then sends them out to the jungle[00:02:27]

Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps[00:02:30]

With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps[00:02:34]

With a fantastic collection of stamps[00:02:38]

To win friends and influence his uncle[00:02:42]

Mama's in the fact'ry[00:02:47]

She ain't got no shoes[00:02:48]

Daddy's in the alley[00:02:50]

He's lookin' for food[00:02:52]

I'm in the streets[00:02:54]

With the tombstone blues[00:02:56]

The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone[00:03:09]

Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown[00:03:13]

At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone[00:03:17]

But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter[00:03:21]

Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill[00:03:25]

I would set him in chains at the top of the hill[00:03:29]

Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B DeMille[00:03:33]

He could die happily ever after[00:03:37]

Mama's in the fact'ry[00:03:41]

She ain't got no shoes[00:03:42]

Daddy's in the alley[00:03:44]

He's lookin' for food[00:03:46]

I'm in the streets[00:03:49]

With the tombstone blues[00:03:50]

Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed[00:03:55]

Roll[00:03:58]

Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole[00:03:59]

And the National Bank at a profit road sells maps for[00:04:03]

The soul[00:04:07]

To the old folks home and the college[00:04:08]

Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain[00:04:11]

That could hold you dear lady from going insane[00:04:15]

That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain[00:04:19]

Of your useless and pointless knowledge[00:04:23]

Mama's in the fact'ry[00:04:27]

She ain't got no shoes[00:04:29]

Daddy's in the alley[00:04:31]

He's lookin' for food[00:04:33]

I'm in the chicken[00:04:35]

With the tombstone blue[00:04:37]

Gei to the tombstone blue[00:04:42]

To tthe ombstone blue[00:04:53]