《The Red Rose And The Briar》歌词

[00:00:00] The Red Rose And The Briar - John Wesley Harding

[00:00:12] Midweek and we reached scarlet town

[00:00:15] I was almost dying of thirst

[00:00:19] We parked the car in some old schoolyard

[00:00:23] The windscreen caked in dirt

[00:00:27] There was no water in the engine left

[00:00:31] No tread upon the tyres

[00:00:35] The electrics were broke 'cause you went mad

[00:00:40] You ripped out all the wires

[00:00:47] Across the road a small cafe

[00:00:51] In this state of disrepair

[00:00:55] You went for papers and a shave

[00:00:59] So I saved you a chair

[00:01:03] I knew it wasn't the journey's end

[00:01:06] And that your dream was incomplete

[00:01:10] But I just could not stand anymore

[00:01:15] I was dead upon my feet

[00:01:19] I was dead upon my feet

[00:01:23] There's nothing there in the market square

[00:01:27] But the ghost of the scarlet town crier

[00:01:31] I was dead upon my feet

[00:01:37] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:01:41] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:02:00] The waitress told me her life story

[00:02:03] She'd always meant to up and go

[00:02:07] She wiped a cup on her red pinafore

[00:02:11] As we waited for you to show

[00:02:15] And I told her just a little of you

[00:02:18] But left the picture incomplete

[00:02:23] You still weren't there to paint it in person

[00:02:28] So I skipped out on the street

[00:02:31] I skipped out on the street

[00:02:35] The newsagent grinned

[00:02:37] He said yes you'd been in

[00:02:39] You bought a local paper and some shades

[00:02:43] The washroom attendant said

[00:02:45] That you'd freshened up

[00:02:47] That you'd left but you hadn't paid

[00:02:51] And I couldn't figure out where you were

[00:02:54] So I went back to look near the car

[00:02:58] There was nothing there where

[00:03:00] It should have been

[00:03:05] Just oil on dirt and tar

[00:03:08] Just oil on dirt and tar

[00:03:12] There's nothing there in the market square

[00:03:16] But the ghost of the scarlet town crier

[00:03:19] And there was nothing there

[00:03:21] Where it should have been

[00:03:26] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:03:30] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:03:44] I saw it parked way down the street

[00:03:48] In a garage off on the right

[00:03:52] And a man said 'get your hands off son'

[00:03:56] I just traded that wreck for a motorbike

[00:03:59] There was nothing left of mine inside

[00:04:03] Not even the broken radio

[00:04:08] And I couldn't figure out where that left me

[00:04:13] So I went back to look for rose

[00:04:21] The cafe rouge was a lunchtime rush

[00:04:25] Of regulars yelling for food

[00:04:29] And service in there left a lot to be desired

[00:04:32] And all the regulars were getting rude

[00:04:36] I saw an apron thrown over a chair

[00:04:40] A note said 'hey John we're gone we're gone'

[00:04:45] And I just smiled 'cause I loved you both

[00:04:52] So I put the apron on

[00:04:55] I put the apron on

[00:04:59] Still nothing there in the market square

[00:05:03] But the ghost of the scarlet town crier

[00:05:07] And I just put the apron on

[00:05:13] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:05:17] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:05:21] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:05:25] I sing the red rose and the briar

[00:05:42] In scaled there was a born

[00:05:46] There was a paint it do alone

[00:05:51] All the color of the hair was brawn

[00:05:53] And the end

[00:05:55] And the end was

[00:05:59] And the end was