Song For Sharon 献给莎伦的歌
i went to staten island, sharon
to buy myself a mandolin
and i saw the long white dress of love on a storefront mannequin
big boat chuggin`back with a belly full of cars…
all for something lacy
some girls were going to see that dress and crave that day like crazy.
little indian kids on a bridge up in canada
they can balance and they can climb like their fathers before them
they`ll walk the girders of the manhattan skyline
shine your light on me Miss Liberty because as soon as this ferry boat docks
i`m headed to the church
to play bingo fleece me with the gamblers` flocks
i can keep my cool at poker but i`m a fool when love`s at stake
because i can`t conceal emotion
what i`m feeling`s always written on my face
there`s a gypsy down on Bleecker Street i went in to see her as a kind of joke and she lit a candle for my love luck and eighteen bucks went up in smoke.
sharon, i left my man
at a north dakota junction
and i came out to the `big apple` here to face the dreams malfunction
love`s a repetitious danger
you`d think i`d be accustomed to
well, i do accept the changes
at least better than i used to do.
a woman i knew just drowned herself
the well was deep and muddy
she was just shaking off futility
or punishing somebody
my friends were calling up all yesterday
all emotions and abstractions
it seems we all live so close to that line
and so far from satisfaction
dora says,`have children!`
mama and betsy say,`find yourself a charity.
help the needy and the crippled
or put some time into ecology.`
well, there`s a wide wide world fo noble causes
and lovely landscapes to discover
but all really want to do, right now is…find another lover!
when we were kids in Maidstone,Sharon
i went to every wedding in that little town
to see the tears and the kisses
and the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown
and walking home on the railroad tracks or swinging on the playground swing love stimulated my illusions
more than anything
and when i went skating after golden reggie
you know it was white lace i was chasing
chasing dreams
mama`s nylons undernheath my cowgirl jeans
he showed me first you get the kisses and then you get the tears
but the ceremony of the bells and lace still veils this reckless fool here
now there are 29 skaters on Wollman rink
circling in singles and in pairs
in the vigorous anonymity
a bland face at the window stares
and stares and stares
and the power of reason and the flowers of deep feelings
seem to serve me
only to deceive me
sharon you`ve got a husband
and a family and a farm
i`ve got the apple of temptation
and a diamond snake around my arm
but you still have your music
and i`ve still got my eyes on the land and the sky you sing for your friends and your family i`ll walk green pastures by and by
我去了斯太顿岛，莎伦
去为自己买一把曼陀林
却看见一件长长的白色婚纱
披在店面橱窗的模特身上
一只大船满载汽车，轧轧地跟在后面 到处绣满花边
盼望着那天，简直疯了
加拿大的印第安小孩，有时候在桥上玩
他们会保持平衡，会在上面爬
像以前他们的父辈那样
会走过，曼哈顿城市上空的钢梁
自由女神呵，请照耀我
因为等这只渡船一靠码头
我将径直走向教堂
去玩宾果
让赌博的人群像羊毛一样点缀在我身上
我会在牌戏中保持冷静
当爱情处于险境
- 专辑：Songs of a Prairie Girl
- 歌手：Joni Mitchell
- 歌曲：Song for Sharon