《Daytime of Life》歌词

[00:05:19] I wake in the dawn of the cold misty dew light

[00:05:19] Kickin' and drinkin' warm milk while I'm cryin'

[00:05:19] In the sterilized smell of my unsure surroundings

[00:05:19] Feelin' warm hands as I'm passed back and forth

[00:05:19] And I'm wigglin' and crawlin' and reaching out slowly

[00:05:19] Strange sounds at my elbow but no way to make them

[00:05:19] The shapes of big colors and lights all around me

[00:05:19] Comin' to grips with the cold hard linoleum

[00:05:19] Pushin' and pullin' as I travel in circles

[00:05:19] Unsure on my knees as I crawl towards the table

[00:05:19] Unsteady on legs as I'm findin' my balance

[00:05:19] My legs stretchin' out and a wish to go walkin'

[00:05:19] Out in the road in the gravel and sunshine

[00:05:19] Out on the earth with my feet in the short grass

[00:05:19] The shadows of barn and garage learnin' quickly

[00:05:19] A switch to my bottom and on the bed cryin'

[00:05:19] In the dawn of the mornin' the vague early mornin'

[00:05:19] At the start of the daytime of life

[00:05:19] Standin' out here by an old pile of lumber

[00:05:19] A long shiny track that's still silently ringin'

[00:05:19] And the last southbound freight that was two o'clock passin'

[00:05:19] And I in my Levi's my cigarettes twisted

[00:05:19] In the arm of a t-shirt I'm smart like a rooster

[00:05:19] You stand here in front of me heavily breathin'

[00:05:19] Your long brown hair matted with sweat as we're silent

[00:05:19] The beads like last Christmas that lay on your bosom

[00:05:19] I feel the exploding of some innerself

[00:05:19] That's more lasting and longing than the carcass surrounding

[00:05:19] The bursting of love that is pleading now for you

[00:05:19] That creeps in our eyes and it colors our thinkin'

[00:05:19] And tingles our hands and our arms and our foreheads

[00:05:19] As the flesh is now talkin' in words that are quiet

[00:05:19] In the hot afternoon as we're makin' our plans

[00:05:19] As we walk through the daytime of life

[00:05:19] A baby comes cryin' and laughin' and kickin'

[00:05:19] And drinkin' warm milk as it's handled so gently

[00:05:19] And afternoon comes to see three other babies

[00:05:19] Playin' and runnin' their bodies fast growin'

[00:05:19] Sundown comes sneakin' around by the back door

[00:05:19] My joints gettin' stiffer and movin' more slowly

[00:05:19] My hair gettin' thinner and turnin' to driftwood

[00:05:19] Then goin' downhill in the still of the evenin'

[00:05:19] So peaceful and gentle I'm not in a hurry

[00:05:19] Just passin' the grave of a friend I once played with

[00:05:19] The pine needles soft underfoot as I'm walkin'

[00:05:19] And children come runnin' to guide their grandfather

[00:05:19] And if you don't mind I'll just sit in the shadows

[00:05:19] And rest and go slowly I'm gettin' so tired

[00:05:19] My head on a pillow a doctor now holdin' my wrist

[00:05:19] As he's feelin' the veins barely throbbin'

[00:05:19] My grandchildren standin' around by my bedside

[00:05:19] And now through the mist I can faint see them cryin'

[00:05:19] But I will be comfortable here on the cushions of silk all around me

[00:05:19] I think I must sleep in the cool deep

[00:05:19] And it's midnight