《Someone in a Tree (from ’Pacific Overtures’)》歌词

[00:07:20] 作词 : Stephen Sondheim

[00:07:20] 作曲 : Stephen Sondheim

[00:07:20] Pardon me, I was there.

[00:07:20] You were where?

[00:07:20] At the Treaty House.

[00:07:20] At the Treaty House?

[00:07:20] There was a tree…

[00:07:20] Which was where?

[00:07:20] Very near.

[00:07:20] Over here?

[00:07:20] Maybe over there…

[00:07:20] But there were trees then, everywhere…

[00:07:20] May I show you? (If you please.)

[00:07:20] There were trees then, everywhere…

[00:07:20] But you were there.

[00:07:20] And I was there!

[00:07:20] Let me show you.

[00:07:20] If you please.

[00:07:20] I was younger then…

[00:07:20] I was good at climbing trees…

[00:07:20] I was younger then…

[00:07:20] I saw everything.

[00:07:20] I was hidden all the time…

[00:07:20] It was easier to climb…

[00:07:20] I was younger then.

[00:07:20] I saw everything!

[00:07:20] Where they came and where they went.

[00:07:20] I was part of the event.

[00:07:20] I was someone in a tree.

[00:07:20] I was younger then!

[00:07:20] Tell him what I see!

[00:07:20] I am in a tree, I am ten.

[00:07:20] I am in a tree.

[00:07:20] I was younger then.

[00:07:20] In between the eaves I can see.

[00:07:20] Tell him what I see.

[00:07:20] I was only ten.

[00:07:20] I see men and matting.

[00:07:20] Some are old, some chatting.

[00:07:20] If it happened, I was there!

[00:07:20] I saw everything! (I see everything)

[00:07:20] I was someone in a tree.

[00:07:20] Tell him what I see!

[00:07:20] Some of them have gold on their coats.

[00:07:20] One of them has gold.

[00:07:20] He was younger then.

[00:07:20] Someone crawls around, passing notes.

[00:07:20] someone very old.

[00:07:20] He was only ten.

[00:07:20] And there's someone in a treeー

[00:07:20] ーor the day is incomplete.

[00:07:20] Without someone in a tree,

[00:07:20] nothing happened here.

[00:07:20] I am hiding in a tree.

[00:07:20] I'm a fragment of the day.

[00:07:20] If I weren't, who's to say

[00:07:20] things would happen here the way

[00:07:20] that they happened here?

[00:07:20] I was there, then. (It's the fragment, not the day.)

[00:07:20] It's the pebble, not the stream. (I am here, still.)

[00:07:20] It's the ripple, not the sea.

[00:07:20] Not the building, but the beam.

[00:07:20] Not the garden, but the stone.

[00:07:20] Not the Treaty House… someone in a tree.

[00:07:20] Pardon me, I am here.

[00:07:20] If you please, I am also hereー

[00:07:20] They kept drinking cups of tea.

[00:07:20] They kept sitting on the floor.

[00:07:20] They drank many cups of teaー

[00:07:20] No, we told him that before.

[00:07:20] If you please, I am here.

[00:07:20] You are where?

[00:07:20] In the Treaty House.

[00:07:20] In the Treaty House?

[00:07:20] Or very near.

[00:07:20] Can you hear?

[00:07:20] I'm below.

[00:07:20] So I notice.

[00:07:20] Underneath the floor

[00:07:20] and so I can't see anything.

[00:07:20] I can hear them, but I can't see anything.

[00:07:20] But you can hear?

[00:07:20] But I can hear.

[00:07:20] Shall I listen?

[00:07:20] If you please.

[00:07:20] I can hear them now…

[00:07:20] I shall try to shift my knees…

[00:07:20] I can hear them now…

[00:07:20] I hear everything!

[00:07:20] I'm the part that's underneath

[00:07:20] with my sword inside my sheath.

[00:07:20] I can hear them now…

[00:07:20] One is over me.

[00:07:20] If they knock, then I appear!

[00:07:20] I'm a part of what I hear!

[00:07:20] I'm the fragment underneath!

[00:07:20] I can hear them now!

[00:07:20] Tell us what you hear!

[00:07:20] First, I hear a creak and a thump.

[00:07:20] Now, I hear a clink…

[00:07:20] Then, they talk a bit…

[00:07:20] Many times, they shout when they speak.

[00:07:20] Other times, they think.

[00:07:20] Or they argue it…

[00:07:20] I hear floorboards groaning…

[00:07:20] Angry growls… much droning…

[00:07:20] Since I hear them, they are there! As they argue it.

[00:07:20] I'm the listener underneath.

[00:07:20] Someone reads a list from a box…

[00:07:20] Someone talks of laws…

[00:07:20] Then, they fan a bit…

[00:07:20] Someone bangs a fist…

[00:07:20] Someone knocks.

[00:07:20] Now, there was a pause.

[00:07:20] Then, they argue it:

[00:07:20] "But we want…"

[00:07:20] "No, you can't, and we won't…"

[00:07:20] "But we need it, and we want…"

[00:07:20] "Will you grantー?"

[00:07:20] "If you don't…"

[00:07:20] "We concede it…"

[00:07:20] I can hear them… (And they sat through the night and they lit yellow tapers)

[00:07:20] I'm a fragment of the day. (And they chat, and they fight)

[00:07:20] I was there then (and they sit, signing papers)

[00:07:20] If I weren't, who's to say (I am there still)

[00:07:20] Things would happen here the way (If I weren't, who's to say)

[00:07:20] The way they are happening? (that they're happening?)

[00:07:20] It's the fragment, not the day.

[00:07:20] It's the pebble, not the stream.

[00:07:20] It's the ripple, not the sea

[00:07:20] that is happening.

[00:07:20] Not the building, but the beam.

[00:07:20] Not the garden, but the stone.

[00:07:20] Only cups of teaー

[00:07:20] and historyー

[00:07:20] and someone in a tree!