《Esther》歌词

[00:09:48] It was late one fall night at a fairground near town

[00:09:48] When Esther first saw the Armenian man

[00:09:48] Who groveled toward her and stood by her side

[00:09:48] With a bucket that swung in his hand

[00:09:48] His grin stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks

[00:09:48] And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb

[00:09:48] And the lights from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle

[00:09:48] That flashed in his hollow eyed stare

[00:09:48] He said Ł˘Little girl you can chop off my legs

[00:09:48] And then peel off my socks if you want to

[00:09:48] But I'd rather you took this old puppet from me

[00:09:48] That I hold in my pail as we speak Ł˘

[00:09:48] And he stood looking down at the innocent girl

[00:09:48] And she stared at the bucket bewildered

[00:09:48] 'Til he lifted the doll for the young girl to see

[00:09:48] And a giant smile grew on his face

[00:09:48] She saw the doll's eyes and she couldn't resist

[00:09:48] And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the church

[00:09:48] And she burst through the door with puppet held high

[00:09:48] And a hush filled the chapel and the people looked mean

[00:09:48] Esther tried in vain to pacify the mob

[00:09:48] Quibble grew to spat to wrangle then to brawl

[00:09:48] The frenzied congregation struggled desperately to fetch

[00:09:48] The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather sack

[00:09:48] Through the window of the church a storm began to rage

[00:09:48] And Esther knew the time had come to flee

[00:09:48] She scurried down the aisle toward the doorway in the distance

[00:09:48] And out into the rainstorm where she felt she would be free

[00:09:48] But the wind was blowing harder

[00:09:48] And her skirt began to billow

[00:09:48] Until finally her feet began to lift

[00:09:48] And she rose above the people and the houses

[00:09:48] And the chimneys

[00:09:48] And Esther and the doll were set adrift

[00:09:48] Floating higher over the hills and the valleys and treetops

[00:09:48] They'd flutter and glide

[00:09:48] Soaring and turning suspended on air

[00:09:48] With the earth far below them they'd tumble

[00:09:48] And dive through the clouds

[00:09:48] And she began to plummet earthward till she

[00:09:48] Landed in the nasty part of town

[00:09:48] She glanced about the village sure to find the evil men

[00:09:48] Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of night

[00:09:48] Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the

[00:09:48] Puppet on her rump

[00:09:48] Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid behind

[00:09:48] A nearby pile of lumber where she waited

[00:09:48] Till the dawn

[00:09:48] Cause it would have been a blunder to

[00:09:48] Succumb to a hoodlum on the prowl

[00:09:48] When the morning came she wandered through the streets

[00:09:48] Along the chilly lake that lay beside the town

[00:09:48] At last a peaceful moment but she thought she heard a sound

[00:09:48] It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her down

[00:09:48] As Esther stood and shook her head

[00:09:48] The joggers were approaching

[00:09:48] And she knew she had no choice left but to swim

[00:09:48] As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her hide

[00:09:48] She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her skin

[00:09:48] Naked now she made her way toward the shore

[00:09:48] When suddenly she felt a tiny tugging at her toe

[00:09:48] And the puppet she'd forgotten wrapped its tiny

[00:09:48] Little arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go

[00:09:48] The waves seemed to open and swallow her whole

[00:09:48] As the doll pulled her down through the eerie green deep

[00:09:48] And the sound of the laughing old man filled her ears

[00:09:48] As she drifted away to a tranquil

[00:09:48] And motionless sleep