《When Sal’s Burned Down》歌词

[00:00:00] When Sal's Burned Down - Dar Williams

[00:00:15] Are we the fools for being surprised

[00:00:18] That a silence could end with no sound

[00:00:21] Like the silent movie era like with snow

[00:00:24] Like when Sal's burned down

[00:00:28] Well yeah there was noise but nothing to mark the passing on

[00:00:35] Of that great unspoken chance we had found

[00:00:40] Where the night's end came well-trod and familiar

[00:00:46] Like the Charlie Chaplin walk that fades to black

[00:00:53] And there wasn't anyone trying to sell their souls

[00:00:58] They were only trying to buy them back

[00:01:07] They were only trying to buy them back

[00:01:16] Well yeah there was a Sal

[00:01:18] He walked with bulging pockets 'round town

[00:01:22] Either he was up to no good

[00:01:24] Or he just got excited watching things burn down

[00:01:30] Well I guess he got the idea

[00:01:32] If you hold a chunk of gold in your hand now

[00:01:36] For once in your life you can throw some weight around

[00:01:41] And Sal your slimeball sell-out how can we blame you

[00:01:47] We all want something to put our fingers on

[00:01:55] And you'll never know the true throne that you've lost

[00:01:59] Till the vinyl barstools are gone

[00:02:09] Till the vinyl barstools are gone

[00:02:43] If you toss around some words you might say that

[00:02:49] Sal was carrying a torch for the mob

[00:02:56] But the mob's gone too yeah the only sign of them left

[00:03:01] He is on every screen at the Multiplex and we go there no prob hey

[00:03:07] 'Cause there ain't no cowboy's in this Connecticut town

[00:03:15] No not anymore no not since Sal's burned down

[00:03:23] Once you dip your tin cup down in the muse's watering hole

[00:03:28] Or pioneer a new patch of common ground

[00:03:34] Then you'd lie on your time-traveled bedroll

[00:03:40] Quite amazed at the expansive terrain

[00:03:47] And if anyone said you'd never have fame and fortune

[00:03:50] Just that bar you know you'd ride that way again

[00:04:01] I bet you'd ride that way again