《The Bird in the Gravel (LP Version)(LP版)》歌词

[00:10:34] The Bird in the Gravel (LP Version) - Jane Siberry

[00:10:34] The master:

[00:10:34] I was dreaming in the steam room

[00:10:34] Everything was so clear for a minute

[00:10:34] And i thought...

[00:10:34] And the dripping tiles and...

[00:10:34] And i say i'll confess everything

[00:10:34] Yes. i own this land

[00:10:34] I own these forests surrounding my...my estate

[00:10:34] This is my tea coming

[00:10:34] Everything i can-i confess

[00:10:34] The servant:

[00:10:34] Bend

[00:10:34] Now i have the bend

[00:10:34] The best i ever

[00:10:34] Place the tea just so

[00:10:34] Then release and turn

[00:10:34] Oh no not yet

[00:10:34] Then release then go

[00:10:34] Better try again

[00:10:34] Looking at me he's

[00:10:34] Wait til tomorrow

[00:10:34] Don't want him to know

[00:10:34] Next time he orders tea

[00:10:34] Release and turn

[00:10:34] Turn and limp away

[00:10:34] Turn and limp away

[00:10:34] The maid:

[00:10:34] I was walking through the forest

[00:10:34] On my break today

[00:10:34] I had this funny feeling

[00:10:34] Something was going to change

[00:10:34] I was walking through the dry leaves

[00:10:34] It was very strange

[00:10:34] They hadn't changed their colour

[00:10:34] All the leaves were green

[00:10:34] I don't mind when it's over

[00:10:34] I don't mind when it's all done

[00:10:34] It's just the moments in between

[00:10:34] Just before it's gone

[00:10:34] Something's going to happen

[00:10:34] Something's going to change

[00:10:34] I know i know i know...

[00:10:34] The pantry:

[00:10:34] And when autumn comes

[00:10:34] Well, there's lots of work to do

[00:10:34] Bill-that means you

[00:10:34] Time to clean the kettles and the pots on the wall

[00:10:34] Pickling and preserving all the vegetables

[00:10:34] Stop kicking the apples

[00:10:34] Are we pickling this year?

[00:10:34] Yes-you know we are

[00:10:34] And when autumn comes

[00:10:34] Well, there's lots of work to do

[00:10:34] Bill-that means you

[00:10:34] Time to get the twigs up-you know, all those stick things

[00:10:34] Time to trim back the roses so next year even more grow

[00:10:34] Does it hurt them to do that?

[00:10:34] Does it hurt them? no.

[00:10:34] (truck driver - francesco)

[00:10:34] And when autumn comes

[00:10:34] Well, deliveries start to go

[00:10:34] Here he is now

[00:10:34] Down into the valley to the market he goes

[00:10:34] Down along the tiny roads that wind along the vineyards

[00:10:34] And people lean on their rakes and they say hello

[00:10:34] Hello there francesco

[00:10:34] Francesco there hello

[00:10:34] The bird:

[00:10:34] (high sustain)

[00:10:34] A boy coming home from lesson

[00:10:34] Another boy:

[00:10:34] And those are my swans, believe me...

[00:10:34] There's no light.

[00:10:34] And there isn't because...

[00:10:34] It's so dark.

[00:10:34] Because it's so dark.

[00:10:34] Because it's so dark.

[00:10:34] The maid:

[00:10:34] I was walking through the dry leaves

[00:10:34] It was very strange

[00:10:34] The leaves fell without changing

[00:10:34] No yellows and no reds

[00:10:34] Something's going to happen

[00:10:34] Something's going to change

[00:10:34] And just then as i looked up

[00:10:34] I remembered what you said

[00:10:34] I'm crying because i love you

[00:10:34] I know that things must change

[00:10:34] I can't be there when you leave

[00:10:34] What if you're afraid

[00:10:34] You said something about the leaving

[00:10:34] The moments in between

[00:10:34] The yawning when the world shifts

[00:10:34] The clanging of the trains

[00:10:34] And a dog sits up and growls

[00:10:34] And a cow begins to bawl

[00:10:34] And a nun nearby stops to listen

[00:10:34] Cross herself and then move on

[00:10:34] I was laughing in the forest

[00:10:34] I fell down in the leaves

[00:10:34] And i watched the trees above me

[00:10:34] Crossing in the breeze

[00:10:34] I love the bare branches

[00:10:34] I love the healing bells

[00:10:34] The bareness in the last sun

[00:10:34] The greyness and the gold

[00:10:34] And a flock of geese flew over

[00:10:34] And i laughed harder still

[00:10:34] I laughed til i was heaving

[00:10:34] Then everything was still

[00:10:34] The servant:

[00:10:34] Bend

[00:10:34] Now i have the bend

[00:10:34] Place the tea just so

[00:10:34] Then release and turn

[00:10:34] Oh not yet

[00:10:34] Turn away then go

[00:10:34] Better try again

[00:10:34] He's looking at me

[00:10:34] Wait until tomorrow

[00:10:34] Don't want him to know

[00:10:34] Next time

[00:10:34] Time he orders tea

[00:10:34] Release and turn

[00:10:34] Turn and limp away...

[00:10:34] Limp away just go

[00:10:34] Turn away just go

[00:10:34] Just go...

[00:10:34] Just go...

[00:10:34] Just go...

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