《Christmas Carol》歌词

[00:00:00] Christmas Carol - Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:00:14] The week before Thanksgiving Day

[00:00:17] This town puts up its old display

[00:00:21] Streetlights hung with candy canes and bows

[00:00:28] The earlier it gets each year

[00:00:31] The scarcer is my Christmas cheer

[00:00:34] I guess I just like taking these things slow

[00:00:41] I really don't remember much

[00:00:44] Of Christmases growing up

[00:00:48] Except the year the Beatles came to play

[00:00:54] On my record player that came from Sears

[00:00:58] That white album filled my ears

[00:01:01] In 1968 on Christmas Day

[00:01:08] I haven't been to church

[00:01:10] Since God knows when

[00:01:15] I'm not someone who usually attends

[00:01:22] Truth be told there's just two wishes

[00:01:25] On my list every Christmas

[00:01:28] Peace on earth and a snow storm now and then

[00:01:45] Now I pray that peace comes in our time

[00:01:49] It's hard enough to keep from crying

[00:01:52] When every bit of news just breaks your heart

[00:01:59] The same old stories same old songs

[00:02:02] We dust them off when Christmas comes

[00:02:05] For one day we just try to do our part

[00:02:12] And around here winter seems to come

[00:02:16] With rain and mud and bits of sun

[00:02:19] It's not exactly Currier and Ives

[00:02:26] I don't mind cold if it brings snow

[00:02:29] Alberta Clippers come and go

[00:02:32] But a dusting would make everything alright

[00:02:40] Perhaps a Christmas Eve from long ago

[00:02:46] Delivered Christmas Day

[00:02:49] With knee high snow

[00:02:52] It's something lost but not forgotten

[00:02:56] Like candy hidden in a stocking

[00:02:59] That makes me every year wish it were so

[00:03:30] Because Christmas is for children's joy

[00:03:34] For every single girl and boy

[00:03:37] That's the truth we come to understand

[00:03:43] But the memories that don't let go

[00:03:47] Like Beatles songs and falling snow

[00:03:51] Can make us feel innocent again

[00:03:57] And maybe next year we won't go insane

[00:04:03] When they rush to hang the bows

[00:04:06] And candy canes

[00:04:10] Because peace will shine in me and you

[00:04:14] From Bethlehem to Timbuktu

[00:04:18] Even if the forecast is for rain

[00:04:24] Because peace will shine in me and you

[00:04:27] From Bethlehem to Timbuktu

[00:04:31] Even if the forecast is for rain