《Mr. Tanner(Live; 1975)》歌词

歌曲： Mr. Tanner(Live; 1975)

所属专辑：Greatest Stories Live

歌手： HARRY CHAPIN

时长： 05:17

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Mr. Tanner [Live 1975 Version[00:00:00]

Mister Tanner was a cleaner from[00:00:35]

A town in the midwest [00:00:37]

And of all the cleaning shops around[00:00:40]

He'd made his the best [00:00:42]

But he also was a baritone who sang[00:00:45]

While hanging clothes [00:00:47]

He practiced scales while pressing tails[00:00:49]

And sang at local shows [00:00:52]

His friends and neighbors praised the voice[00:00:55]

That poured out from his throat [00:00:58]

They said that he should use his gift instead[00:01:00]

Of cleaning coats [00:01:03]

But music was his life it was not his livelihood [00:01:10]

And it made him feel so happy and[00:01:14]

It made him feel so good [00:01:17]

And he sang from his heart and[00:01:19]

He sang from his soul [00:01:22]

He did not know how well he sang;[00:01:24]

It just made him whole [00:01:27]

His friends kept working on him[00:01:37]

To try music out full time [00:01:39]

A big debut and rave reviews [00:01:42]

A great career to climb [00:01:44]

Finally they got to him he would take the fling [00:01:47]

A concert agent in New York[00:01:51]

Agreed to have him sing [00:01:54]

And there were plane tickets [00:01:56]

Phone calls money spent to rent the hall [00:01:59]

It took most of his savings but he[00:02:02]

Gladly used them all [00:02:05]

But music was his life [00:02:12]

It was not his livelihood [00:02:14]

And it made him feel so happy[00:02:16]

And it made him feel so good [00:02:19]

And he sang from his heart and[00:02:22]

He sang from his soul [00:02:24]

He did not know how well he sang;[00:02:26]

It just made him whole [00:02:29]

The evening came he took the stage [00:02:39]

His face set in a smile [00:02:42]

And in the half filled hall the critics[00:02:44]

Sat watching on the aisle [00:02:45]

But the concert was a blur to him [00:02:48]

Spatters of applause [00:02:50]

He did not know how well he sang [00:02:53]

He only heard the flaws [00:02:55]

But the critics were concise [00:02:58]

It only took four lines [00:03:01]

But no one could accuse them[00:03:03]

Of being over kind [00:03:05]

Mr Martin Tanner Baritone [00:03:11]

Of Dayton Ohio made his[00:03:13]

Town Hall debut last night [00:03:14]

He came well prepared but unfortunately[00:03:16]

His presentation was not up to[00:03:18]

Contemporary professional standards [00:03:20]

His voice lacks the range of tonal color[00:03:22]

Necessary to make it[00:03:25]

Consistently interesting [00:03:26]

Full time consideration of another[00:03:29]

Endeavor might be in order [00:03:31]

He came home to Dayton and was[00:03:46]

Questioned by his friends [00:03:48]

Then he smiled and just said nothing[00:03:51]

And he never sang again [00:03:53]

Excepting very late at night when the[00:04:00]

Shop was dark and closed [00:04:03]

He sang softly to himself as he sorted[00:04:08]

Through the clothes [00:04:12]

Music was his life it was not his livelihood [00:04:25]

And it made him feel so happy and it[00:04:33]

Made him feel so good [00:04:38]

And he sang from his heart and he[00:04:43]

Sang from his soul [00:04:48]

And he did not know how well he sang;[00:04:53]

It just made him whole[00:04:59]