所属专辑:More Love Songs
时长: 03:48
The Home Stretch - Loudon Wainwright III[00:00:00]
If the day off doesn't get you[00:00:06]
Then the bad reviewer does[00:00:09]
At least you've been a has been[00:00:12]
And not just a never was[00:00:15]
And you know it's not a mountain[00:00:18]
But no mole hill is this big[00:00:21]
And you promise to quit drinking[00:00:24]
As you light another cig[00:00:27]
Once again you're in the home stretch[00:00:33]
But you're not sure where you live[00:00:37]
You recall a small apartment[00:00:40]
And a government you give[00:00:43]
Large amounts of money to[00:00:47]
So you're allowed to stay[00:00:49]
And rest until you're well enough[00:00:53]
To leave again and play[00:00:56]
You are making human contact[00:01:26]
With the postcards that you send[00:01:29]
To the children of your ex wifes[00:01:32]
And a woman your girlfriend[00:01:35]
Who is living in a city[00:01:38]
Thousands of miles away[00:01:42]
That is full of young male models[00:01:44]
Not all of whom are gay[00:01:47]
In the meanwhile you've stopped writing songs[00:01:54]
There's nothing left to say[00:01:57]
You'd like to get your old job back[00:02:00]
And mow lawns again one day[00:02:02]
But you keep lifting up your left leg[00:02:06]
Sticking out your tongue[00:02:10]
There's nothing else that you can do[00:02:13]
And you're too old to die young[00:02:15]
Too many beds too many towns[00:02:47]
Not much to declare zones[00:02:49]
London broils and tuna melts on dirty microphones[00:02:53]
While the sound man's falling fast asleep[00:02:58]
The light man's been up for days[00:03:01]
The club owner and arithmetic[00:03:04]
Have long since parted ways[00:03:07]
As for the lovely audience[00:03:13]
Tonight they're rather cold[00:03:16]
But they're prepared to listen[00:03:20]
All they have to be is told[00:03:22]
If the day off doesn't get you[00:03:26]
Then the bad reviewer does[00:03:28]
At least you've been a has been[00:03:33]
And not just a never was[00:03:35]