所属专辑:The Elektra Collection (1971-1978)
歌手: HARRY CHAPIN
时长: 03:26
The Parade's Still Passing By - Harry Chapin[00:00:00]
I got the news today[00:00:07]
That you refused to play[00:00:09]
Cause you never made number one[00:00:11]
But it's not just the words[00:00:15]
It's the deeds that are heard[00:00:17]
When all is said and done[00:00:19]
You know the Kings take their crowns[00:00:22]
They melt them all down[00:00:24]
Trying to get the gold out[00:00:26]
You went to hell and[00:00:30]
Even when you weren't selling[00:00:32]
You never ever sold out[00:00:34]
You weren't no leader[00:00:40]
You were more like a bleeder[00:00:42]
Who was trying to cry for us all[00:00:44]
You weren't no sage[00:00:48]
But your sense of outrage[00:00:50]
Sounded like a trumpet call[00:00:52]
Fifteen years ago[00:00:56]
In the old folky show[00:00:57]
You were just one voice in the crowd[00:00:59]
But now with so few singing[00:01:03]
Your voice would have been ringing[00:01:05]
Out 'bout twice as loud[00:01:07]
There but for fortune[00:01:14]
Say a small circle of friends[00:01:17]
Some may see the changes[00:01:21]
So few see the ends[00:01:25]
The pleasures of the harbor[00:01:29]
Have come to you at last[00:01:32]
You may not be marching anymore[00:01:36]
But the parade's still going past[00:01:40]
I'm not taking the blame[00:01:50]
That we killed you[00:01:52]
You know you did that to yourself[00:01:54]
But it was kind of a shame[00:01:58]
That you played that game[00:02:00]
Cause you were better than anyone else[00:02:02]
One shot of your bottle[00:02:05]
Got you full throttle[00:02:07]
It was the friend that was always there[00:02:09]
But your greatest gift[00:02:13]
And the curse you lived with[00:02:15]
Was that you could always care[00:02:18]
There but for fortune[00:02:24]
Say a small circle of friends[00:02:27]
Some may see the changes[00:02:31]
So few see the ends[00:02:35]
The pleasures of the harbor[00:02:39]
Have come to you at last[00:02:43]
You may not be marching anymore[00:02:47]
But the parade's still going past[00:02:50]