《Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails》歌词

[00:00:01] Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails - Harry Chapin

[00:00:14] Now he was a man who worked with his hands

[00:00:17] Only in a motor he found peace

[00:00:21] He could make an engine sing like a bird

[00:00:24] He could find his only kind of release

[00:00:27] When he was up to the elbows in the grease

[00:00:33] She dreamed of a time for painting

[00:00:36] As she was cleaning up his stains from the rug

[00:00:40] She'd play all day with their children

[00:00:43] And try to meet him with a welcome and hug

[00:00:47] As he came shuffling through the house with a shrug

[00:00:51] I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails

[00:00:54] And hate gets under the skin

[00:00:58] But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone

[00:01:01] And the heart of a body that it's in

[00:01:11] While he was making magic with his piston machines

[00:01:14] She was cleaning up the mess he'd left behind

[00:01:17] She was trying to make it through to the end of the day

[00:01:21] With a little empty time

[00:01:25] And do the painting that meant peace of mind

[00:01:28] I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails

[00:01:32] And hate gets under the skin

[00:01:35] But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone

[00:01:39] And the heart of a body that it's in

[00:01:48] Well one day she didn't bother 'bout making his bed

[00:01:51] She hurried all the children out the door

[00:01:55] And she let the bills and the marketing go

[00:01:58] And she went and almost bought out an art supply store

[00:02:04] It just so happened that day he got to thinking

[00:02:07] Of the grease that always covered up his skin

[00:02:11] So he left the garage a little early

[00:02:14] He got a shave and a manicure and trim

[00:02:18] Came out clean as a plaster maniquin

[00:02:24] He came home in a hurry

[00:02:27] But he almost didn't recognize the place

[00:02:31] It looked like it'd been hit by a hurricane

[00:02:34] There was canvas filling every open space

[00:02:37] And she had paint all over her face

[00:02:41] I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails

[00:02:45] And hate gets under the skin

[00:02:48] But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone

[00:02:52] And the heart of a body that it's in

[00:02:58] They both stood stunned into silence

[00:03:01] Then their laughter exploded like a shout

[00:03:04] And he went out to make some magic in the kitchen

[00:03:08] The clean man learning what cooking was about

[00:03:11] And the dirty girl painting her messy heart out

[00:03:18] I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails

[00:03:22] And hate gets under the skin

[00:03:25] But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone

[00:03:29] And the heart of a body that it's in