《My Dear Helen》歌词

[00:00:00] My dear Helen it's been a while since we've talked

[00:00:07] Charlie and I haven't been up to a whole lot

[00:00:15] He's slowing down a little and my knee's acting up

[00:00:21] Yeah we're quite a pair of geezers

[00:00:23] Moving slower than molasses

[00:00:25] You'd be laughing if you saw us

[00:00:28] You always loved to tease

[00:00:34] I dug up an old bottle of your raspberry wine

[00:00:42] So I'm slouched out on the

[00:00:43] Porch-swing just taking my time

[00:00:50] My mind keeps turning out these pictures of you

[00:00:54] You were dancing in the kitchen

[00:00:57] And I was enjoying my view

[00:01:01] Oh Charlie was squirming

[00:01:02] Just two steps behind you

[00:01:09] My dear Helen do you remember when you said

[00:01:16] That you'd be waiting at the gates

[00:01:18] So you could sneak me in

[00:01:24] Well it sure was funny

[00:01:26] But it still caught in my throat

[00:01:30] And when I think about it now

[00:01:32] It still makes me choke

[00:01:35] And I wonder if those gates

[00:01:37] Would ever open up for me

[00:01:43] Helen my dear I do have something to tell

[00:01:51] I don't know how to start so I guess I just will

[00:01:58] See these nights have been hot

[00:02:01] It's that muggy sort of air

[00:02:04] Doesn't let me get to sleep

[00:02:06] So I usually just lie there

[00:02:10] On top of my quilt with Charlie by my feet

[00:02:18] Last night as I laid there frustrated and tired

[00:02:25] I was sat up in my bed

[00:02:27] By the hens starting wild

[00:02:33] I thought 'that fox is back again

[00:02:36] He's gonna rob me blind

[00:02:38] I don't know how he gets in

[00:02:40] But I'd better make him fly'

[00:02:43] So I took my leaning rifle out the door

[00:02:51] I fired off a shot aiming far into the heat

[00:02:59] And as soon as it was flying

[00:03:01] I felt weak in my knees

[00:03:07] I heard shoes turning gravel

[00:03:09] And then tires spitting rocks

[00:03:12] I heard a gasp for air

[00:03:15] And my stomach tied in knots

[00:03:18] Charlie started whining

[00:03:20] With his tail between his legs

[00:03:23] We wandered out slow

[00:03:24] But my heart was breakin' ribs

[00:03:28] I couldn't hear nothing

[00:03:29] And there was a girl lying twisted

[00:03:33] My hands were trembling

[00:03:35] And I felt that she was limp

[00:03:38] Her pulse wasn't tapping

[00:03:40] So I felt sick to my stomach

[00:03:43] Charlie was frozen

[00:03:45] So I went for a shovel

[00:03:47] And I buried her body

[00:03:50] I didn't know what else to do

[00:03:52] If I'd only aimed a little higher

[00:03:55] If I'd only thought before I fired

[00:03:58] I hope God can forgive me

[00:04:00] I hope you forgive me too

[00:04:02] I'm just a tired old man just waiting to join you

[00:04:07] So here I am slouched on this old porch swing

[00:04:13] Thinking about heaven thinking about everything

[00:04:17] So be waiting by those gates

[00:04:20] You might need to sneak me in

[00:04:23] I don't know how they feel about us accidental killers

[00:04:29] I don't know how they feel about us tired old men

[00:04:34] I don't know how they feel about us tired

[00:04:36] Old murdering men

[00:04:44] I don't know how they feel about us tired

[00:04:47] Old murdering men

[00:04:50] My Dear Helen - Andy Shauf