《Esther》歌词

歌曲： Esther

所属专辑：LivePhish 12/31/91 Worcester Memorial Auditorium， Worcester MA

歌手： Phish

时长： 09:48

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It was late one fall night at a fairground near town[00:09:48]

When Esther first saw the Armenian man[00:09:48]

Who groveled toward her and stood by her side[00:09:48]

With a bucket that swung in his hand[00:09:48]

His grin stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks[00:09:48]

And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb[00:09:48]

And the lights from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle[00:09:48]

That flashed in his hollow eyed stare[00:09:48]

He said Ł˘Little girl you can chop off my legs[00:09:48]

And then peel off my socks if you want to[00:09:48]

But I'd rather you took this old puppet from me[00:09:48]

That I hold in my pail as we speak Ł˘[00:09:48]

And he stood looking down at the innocent girl[00:09:48]

And she stared at the bucket bewildered[00:09:48]

'Til he lifted the doll for the young girl to see[00:09:48]

And a giant smile grew on his face[00:09:48]

She saw the doll's eyes and she couldn't resist[00:09:48]

And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the church[00:09:48]

And she burst through the door with puppet held high[00:09:48]

And a hush filled the chapel and the people looked mean[00:09:48]

Esther tried in vain to pacify the mob[00:09:48]

Quibble grew to spat to wrangle then to brawl[00:09:48]

The frenzied congregation struggled desperately to fetch[00:09:48]

The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather sack[00:09:48]

Through the window of the church a storm began to rage[00:09:48]

And Esther knew the time had come to flee[00:09:48]

She scurried down the aisle toward the doorway in the distance[00:09:48]

And out into the rainstorm where she felt she would be free[00:09:48]

But the wind was blowing harder[00:09:48]

And her skirt began to billow[00:09:48]

Until finally her feet began to lift[00:09:48]

And she rose above the people and the houses[00:09:48]

And the chimneys[00:09:48]

And Esther and the doll were set adrift[00:09:48]

Floating higher over the hills and the valleys and treetops[00:09:48]

They'd flutter and glide[00:09:48]

Soaring and turning suspended on air[00:09:48]

With the earth far below them they'd tumble[00:09:48]

And dive through the clouds[00:09:48]

And she began to plummet earthward till she[00:09:48]

Landed in the nasty part of town[00:09:48]

She glanced about the village sure to find the evil men[00:09:48]

Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of night[00:09:48]

Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the[00:09:48]

Puppet on her rump[00:09:48]

Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid behind[00:09:48]

A nearby pile of lumber where she waited[00:09:48]

Till the dawn[00:09:48]

Cause it would have been a blunder to[00:09:48]

Succumb to a hoodlum on the prowl[00:09:48]

When the morning came she wandered through the streets[00:09:48]

Along the chilly lake that lay beside the town[00:09:48]

At last a peaceful moment but she thought she heard a sound[00:09:48]

It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her down[00:09:48]

As Esther stood and shook her head[00:09:48]

The joggers were approaching[00:09:48]

And she knew she had no choice left but to swim[00:09:48]

As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her hide[00:09:48]

She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her skin[00:09:48]

Naked now she made her way toward the shore[00:09:48]

When suddenly she felt a tiny tugging at her toe[00:09:48]

And the puppet she'd forgotten wrapped its tiny[00:09:48]

Little arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go[00:09:48]

The waves seemed to open and swallow her whole[00:09:48]

As the doll pulled her down through the eerie green deep[00:09:48]

And the sound of the laughing old man filled her ears[00:09:48]

As she drifted away to a tranquil[00:09:48]

And motionless sleep[00:09:48]