作词 : Costello Burnett 作曲 : Costello Burnett Mistreat me darling and I might just disappear
Upon freighter running dark out of Algiers
Put tiny grains in children's tears
While taking 25% of all the flashbulbs and mementoes
From the mechanized divisions rolling over your frontiers
I saw my baby talking to a man today
Speaking softly in a confidential way
I saw a shadow pull his glove off
As a bluebird flew over Life's is no pleasure
When you doubt the one you love
Who are all these strangers
I never will go back again
Go back into the past
The flood is rising fast
You can break your window and look down
Into a muddy glass
For it's mirror or lens to burn
There was a deal done in Benghazi and Belgrade
Upon a scimitar or other crooked blade
Ransacks and loots vacated suits
And pistol points but never shoots Army sitting in a locomotive yard without their boots
Upstairs your man is painting the rain out in the street
Imagines woman that he's destined still to meet
He's trying sidetrack one to count on
Caught somewhere between countess or a courtesan And it's only love to feign and then it's gone
Who are all these strangers
He's a privateer as dusk gets near
A brigand after dark his victim lined with chalk
A corsair filled with horsehair to the core
Dashed on your eyes of adamantine
You despised his stripling whine
That little smudger and the mouthpiece that he's with
Using his clause just like a practised fingersmith
I dreamed I took his digit prints
And then I sewed them on a villain's hands
Watched him ransom and demand
Until called the flatfoots in
I never will go back again
Go back into the past
The flood is rising fast
You can break your window and look down
Into a muddy glass
For it's a mirror or lens to burn
Who are all these strangers
All these strangers
Sat down on a narrow bed
Thought about the things she said
All these strangers
How I wished the night would never end
Tried to stop the days ahead I'd carve her name down in the wood
Some small remembrance if I could
[00:00.000] 作词 : Costello Burnett [00:00.505] 作曲 : Costello Burnett [00:01.11]Mistreat me darling and I might just disappear [00:05.29] [00:08.12]Upon freighter running dark out of Algiers [00:12.20] [00:14.85]Put tiny grains in children's tears [00:19.91] [00:21.89]While taking 25% of all the flashbulbs and mementoes [00:28.52] [00:29.03]From the mechanized divisions rolling over your frontiers [00:35.20] [00:35.73]I saw my baby talking to a man today [00:40.42] [00:43.39]Speaking softly in a confidential way [00:47.83] [00:49.59]I saw a shadow pull his glove off [00:55.63] [00:57.51]As a bluebird flew over [01:00.60]Life's is no pleasure [01:01.83] [01:02.90]When you doubt the one you love [01:05.21] [01:08.36]Who are all these strangers [01:12.40] [01:14.98]I never will go back again [01:19.62] [01:21.69]Go back into the past [01:23.50] [01:24.86]The flood is rising fast [01:27.05] [01:30.43]You can break your window and look down [01:33.78] [01:37.01]Into a muddy glass [01:39.27] [01:40.29]For it's mirror or lens to burn [01:44.40] [01:47.70]There was a deal done in Benghazi and Belgrade [01:53.22] [01:55.48]Upon a scimitar or other crooked blade [02:00.16] [02:02.20]Ransacks and loots vacated suits [02:07.54] [02:10.47]And pistol points but never shoots [02:14.06]Army sitting in a locomotive yard without their boots [02:22.28] [02:24.48]Upstairs your man is painting the rain out in the street [02:29.38] [02:31.98]Imagines woman that he's destined still to meet [02:36.73] [02:39.01]He's trying sidetrack one to count on [02:44.91] [02:46.75]Caught somewhere between countess or a courtesan [02:52.38]And it's only love to feign and then it's gone [02:56.67] [02:57.77]Who are all these strangers [03:02.57] [03:06.37]He's a privateer as dusk gets near [03:10.14] [03:11.58]A brigand after dark his victim lined with chalk [03:17.29] [03:20.77]A corsair filled with horsehair to the core [03:24.89] [03:27.99]Dashed on your eyes of adamantine [03:30.36] [03:31.47]You despised his stripling whine [03:34.57] [03:38.63]That little smudger and the mouthpiece that he's with [03:44.06] [03:46.04]Using his clause just like a practised fingersmith [03:51.10] [03:53.58]I dreamed I took his digit prints [03:59.02] [04:01.14]And then I sewed them on a villain's hands [04:04.99] [04:05.86]Watched him ransom and demand [04:08.26] [04:09.47]Until called the flatfoots in [04:13.12] [04:16.30]I never will go back again [04:20.76] [04:22.58]Go back into the past [04:24.49] [04:26.31]The flood is rising fast [04:28.83] [04:32.19]You can break your window and look down [04:35.72] [04:38.95]Into a muddy glass [04:41.15] [04:42.26]For it's a mirror or lens to burn [04:46.08] [04:49.93]Who are all these strangers [04:55.06] [04:59.02]All these strangers [05:04.17] [05:07.24]Sat down on a narrow bed [05:09.71] [05:11.32]Thought about the things she said [05:13.84] [05:14.81]All these strangers [05:20.23] [05:22.97]How I wished the night would never end [05:26.14] [05:27.00]Tried to stop the days ahead [05:29.80]I'd carve her name down in the wood [05:33.20] [05:34.25]Some small remembrance if I could [05:40.47]
