所属专辑:The Wishing Chair
歌手: 10000 Maniacs
时长: 03:19
Maddox Table - 10000 Maniacs (一万个疯子)[00:00:00]
Written by:Merchant Natalie[00:00:01]
The legs of maddox kitchen tables[00:00:16]
My whole life twisted on a lathe[00:00:21]
In a foreman's torrent[00:00:28]
My first english was[00:00:30]
Faster boy if you want your pay[00:00:32]
Barking commands[00:00:35]
Loud and simple[00:00:37]
We could all obey[00:00:39]
Then I was forever pulling silvers[00:00:42]
Rubbed the sawdust always[00:00:47]
Deeper in my eye[00:00:50]
Varnish vapor that could linger[00:00:54]
On my skin[00:00:58]
It held tight[00:00:59]
The whine of spinning blades[00:01:01]
Still echoes to bother my sleep at night[00:01:03]
See that ox[00:01:07]
Stamped dead center[00:01:08]
On the letter head of the company mail[00:01:10]
Four decades a spitting image[00:01:14]
Of the animal I portrayed[00:01:16]
At maddox table a yoke was carved[00:01:20]
For my neck[00:01:23]
Sun through the window oil spattered[00:01:27]
And in mason jars[00:01:32]
Tricked plenty seeds thrive[00:01:34]
The standing joke[00:01:39]
Around the shop was[00:01:41]
With my green thumb[00:01:42]
Anything'd grow[00:01:44]
My part was to laugh[00:01:45]
Show and ornery jig had[00:01:47]
Cut it at the knuckle bone[00:01:49]
See that ox[00:01:52]
Trade mark burned[00:01:53]
Into every stick of furniture[00:01:55]
From horn to tail[00:01:57]
Four decades a spitting image[00:01:59]
Of the animal I portrayed[00:02:01]
At maddox table a yoke was carved[00:02:05]
For my neck[00:02:08]
Was tailor made[00:02:10]
O my Dolly was a weak[00:02:23]
Not a burdened girl[00:02:26]
Treat her to a piece of vaudville[00:02:30]
A wintergarden moving picture show[00:02:34]
Bemus point on July Sundays[00:02:38]
By trolley we'd go[00:02:41]
To your benefit we's strike or bargain[00:02:56]
With the waving fist a union man[00:03:00]
Not just for[00:03:03]
Smokes spirits candy and cologne[00:03:04]
But for[00:03:06]
Automobile keys[00:03:06]
Cash in the bank[00:03:08]
And the deed[00:03:09]
On a place called home[00:03:11]