《Rehearsing My Choir》歌词

[00:00:00] Rehearsing My Choir - The Fiery Furnaces

[00:00:00] Written by：Matthew Friedberger

[00:00:00] But there was one man always whom

[00:00:02] I didn't get along

[00:00:10] The bishop

[00:00:11] Would head down head down to

[00:00:13] Deerport station

[00:00:14] To see what stars on

[00:00:15] The silver screen might be seen

[00:00:17] Or broadway stage were all the rage

[00:00:19] With his black leather autograph book

[00:00:21] And his black leather pastoral pumps

[00:00:24] And his pressed black robes

[00:00:25] And his tidy black beard of which he

[00:00:27] Was so proud

[00:00:28] And his hat that stuck out in a crowd

[00:00:31] But there he'd sit

[00:00:32] At his table at the edgewater hotel

[00:00:34] Wearing his ecclesiastical furs

[00:00:37] And lunching with two giggly and

[00:00:38] None too healthy looking young men

[00:00:40] And in his shirt pocket up close to

[00:00:41] His heart was his

[00:00:42] Autographed picture of Robert Mitchum

[00:00:44] Which he no doubt used in an impure way

[00:00:46] And I was at home rehearsing my choir

[00:01:17] On christmas day

[00:01:19] In the afternoon

[00:01:21] I got a call at home

[00:01:24] The bishop was on the phone

[00:01:27] Wanting the choir to go and sing

[00:01:29] On some channel 44 thing

[00:01:37] And I said out of the question the rest of

[00:01:40] The day is for their families

[00:01:41] And the bishop became furious

[00:01:43] All that time singing western music

[00:01:45] Christmas carols backsliding

[00:01:47] And no time to represent the diocese

[00:01:50] But of course he was just upset because

[00:01:52] He wanted to be on the show

[00:01:54] And he hated women

[00:01:57] And I knew he was angry with me

[00:01:58] But I couldn't worry about it

[00:02:02] I went about my business

[00:02:06] Rehearsing my choir

[00:02:11] Rehearsing my choir

[00:02:28] Da da da da da da da

[00:02:30] Again da da da da da da da

[00:02:32] Ugh altos out of tune

[00:02:53] Da da da da da da da

[00:02:55] That's not good da da da da da da da

[00:02:58] That sounds horrible

[00:03:07] Next Sunday was my late sister's namesday

[00:03:13] La la la

[00:03:21] And the bishop was coming that day to

[00:03:23] Our church to deliver a sermon

[00:03:26] Which would give me quite a big surprise

[00:03:29] Decadence in the church

[00:03:33] Betrayal of our traditions

[00:03:37] Look up in the choir loft for instance the lady in red

[00:03:41] Eva

[00:03:42] I ban her from receiving communion

[00:03:44] And remove her as choir director

[00:03:46] I couldn't believe my ears

[00:03:48] And the congregation couldn't believe theirs

[00:03:50] And my husband was furious when he was told as

[00:03:52] He wasn't there at the time

[00:03:54] And letters were written and phone calls were placed

[00:03:57] And the matter was taken up and I was granted an audience

[00:04:03] And I sat there nervous and frightened

[00:04:06] When into the room

[00:04:07] Stepped his eminence

[00:04:09] The Archbishop

[00:04:43] They had a strange deliberating

[00:04:44] Process at his initiative

[00:04:46] As it was his prerogative alone

[00:04:49] But the hierarch with the tallest hat and

[00:04:50] Longest beard would stand in the middle

[00:04:53] And the prelates with shorter hats and beards radiated out

[00:04:55] With the archbishop in front of them

[00:04:58] And then they began to intone

[00:05:00] And I was left on the other side of the door alone

[00:05:05] And when they came out bishop Nikolaki was sent off to

[00:05:08] San Jose