John Wesley Harding - Bridegroom Blues текст песни

The streets are doing a wardance

As their sight is restored to the blind

And Im sifting trash on the offchance

That there might be something to find

And mary lets her fingers do the walking

Her babys nearly due

Shes listening but no-ones talking

At the citizens advice bureau

And joe is down on the dole-queue

He should have signed on yesterday

Even if he was a carpenter and she was his lady

He still wouldnt be able to make it pay

No

And he dont believe in angels

Shes been seeing another man

Infidelity runs in the family

But that wasnt a part of the plan

And shepherds watch the flicks by night

At the kings cross all night show

Somethings trying to catch their eyes

But theyre too grossed out to know

And the three kings travel like three ships a-sailing

Theyve got some gifts hell need

Cocaine for sniffing, money for corruption, and a whole load of videos of I love lucy

But the king of the country hes getting frightened

He doesnt want to be another mans pawn

And he crushes the beer can between his hands

He sees his fate, the clown yells checkmate

And another star is born

But the baby is killed in an instant

As though his whole life were a dream

Though his book sells well and he pulls out the stops

Everyone knows hes a hyped-up hasbeen

And the t-shirts just embarrass

And thought become memories after a while

Hes looking so much older now

Its hard to belive that that was style

And he throws his cloak out to his fan

Its his last chance sacrifice

The girls are crawling a cut-glass sea

No-one even wants to look twice

Cos the circles all but full now

But the stalls are empty for the latest son

Who just smiles and says

Give my regards to fleet street, Ive gotta run

The streets are doing a wardance

As their sight is restored to the blind

And Im sifting trash on the offchance

That there might be something to find...