《Mortal City》歌词

歌曲： Mortal City

所属专辑：Mortal City

歌手： Dar Williams

时长： 07:18

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She never should have rented[00:00:00]

This apartment in the mortal city[00:00:02]

The cold comes though[00:00:06]

Evey crack she puts her hand up to[00:00:07]

The radiator's broken [00:00:10]

So she has to use electric heat [00:00:13]

And tonight was the first date with[00:00:16]

The brother of the guy she worked next to[00:00:18]

He lived a couple streets away[00:00:21]

He listened he had things to say[00:00:23]

She asked him up for dinner sometime[00:00:26]

Sometime was tonight[00:00:29]

The radio gave updates on the ice storm[00:00:36]

While she made the dinner[00:00:39]

They said from all the talk [00:00:41]

You shouldn't drive or even walk[00:00:44]

And this just in we're asking everyone[00:00:46]

To turn off their power[00:00:51]

They need it at the hostpital [00:00:53]

She ran around pulling plugs [00:01:01]

Then she called him up[00:01:03]

Maybe now they shouldn't meet [00:01:06]

He said that he would brave the streets[00:01:08]

She met him at the door[00:01:11]

With a blanket and a candle[00:01:12]

Saying I heard it on the radio [00:01:15]

I had to turn my power off [00:01:18]

He said you're not the only one [00:01:25]

The streets were dark tonight [00:01:28]

It was like another century[00:01:30]

With dim lamps and candles lighting up[00:01:32]

The icy trees and the clouds and a covered moon [00:01:35]

She said what kind of people make a city[00:01:42]

Where you can't see the sky[00:01:46]

And you can't feel the ground [00:01:47]

I tell you something [00:01:51]

I have this feeling that this city's dying[00:01:52]

He said it's not dying[00:01:56]

It's the people who are dying[00:01:57]

She said yes yes I think[00:02:00]

The people are dying[00:02:03]

And nobody cares [00:02:04]

We had all this technology[00:02:11]

Our dreams were bold and vague[00:02:13]

And then one city got bad planners [00:02:15]

One city got the plague [00:02:21]

He asked why did you move here [00:02:34]

She said for the job[00:02:38]

For the job[00:02:40]

And I've been so lonely here so lonely[00:02:41]

There's no one I can talk to [00:02:47]

You know I don't even know your brother [00:02:49]

He smiled and said [00:02:59]

Sometimes at night I walk out by the river[00:03:01]

The city's one big town [00:03:04]

The water turns it upside down[00:03:06]

People found[00:03:09]

This city because they love other people[00:03:10]

They want their secretaries [00:03:14]

They want their power lunches [00:03:16]

And think about tonight [00:03:26]

I heard the same newscast you did[00:03:28]

I unplugged everything [00:03:31]

I looked out the window[00:03:33]

And I think the city heard [00:03:35]

I watched as one by one the lights went off[00:03:38]

So they could give their power to the hospital[00:03:42]

They ate in silence while she thought this over [00:03:53]

They sat together in a dark room in the mortal city[00:03:58]

Shifting in their blankets so[00:04:02]

They wouldn't get spaghetti on them [00:04:04]

Then came the awkward moment after dinner [00:04:13]

What to do [00:04:16]

The ice was still falling the streets were still dangerous[00:04:18]

The cabs were not running[00:04:22]

And this neighborhood was not the greatest [00:04:25]

They both looked[00:04:28]

At the space where a couch would've been[00:04:29]

She felt her stomach sink [00:04:33]

She felt like she could hardly think[00:04:35]

She said I never should have rented[00:04:42]

This apartment in the mortal city[00:04:44]

The cold comes through eve crack I put my hand up to[00:04:48]

The radiator doesn't work I have to use electric heat [00:04:53]

That settled it they would both sleep in her bed[00:04:59]

It was a matter of survival [00:05:02]

She brought out teeshirts sweatshirts [00:05:08]

Sweatpants socks hats[00:05:10]

If there was ever any thought of[00:05:15]

What would happen in that bed tonight[00:05:18]

There wa no question now[00:05:21]

They could barely move[00:05:24]

They were wrapped up like ornaments waiting[00:05:25]

For another season [00:05:28]

They lay in bed they listened to the pelting ice[00:05:36]

He said my brother's not a bad guy he's just quiet[00:05:42]

I wished you liked this city[00:05:47]

She said maybe I do [00:05:50]

I think I have a special kind of hearing tonight[00:05:56]

I hear the neighbors upstairs[00:06:02]

I hear my heart beating[00:06:04]

I hear one thousand hearts beating at the hospital[00:06:07]

And one thousand hearts by their bedsides waiting[00:06:22]

Saying that's my love in the white gown [00:06:35]

We are not lost in the mortal city[00:06:51]

We are not lost in the mortal city[00:06:56]

Mortal City - Dar Williams[00:07:03]