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Harry Chapin
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Better Place To Be
And she said 'Hey Bub, It's been awhile Since you been around. Where the hell you been hidin' ? And why you look so down ?'
But the little man just sat there like he'd never heard a sound.
The waitress she gave out a cough, And acting not the least put off, She spoke once again.
She said, 'I don't want to bother you, Consider it's understood. I know I'm not no beauty queen, But I sure can listen good.'
And the little man took his drink in his hand And he raised it to his lips. He took a couple of sips. And he told the waitress this story.
'I am the midnight watchman down at Miller's Tool and Die. And I watch the metal rusting, and I watch the time go by. A week ago at the diner I stopped to get a bite. And this here lovely lady she sat two seats from my right. And Lord, Lord, Lord she was alright.
'Oh she was so damned beautiful that she'd warm a winter's frost. But she was long past lonely, and well nigh unto lost. Now I'm not much of a mover, or a pick-em-up easy guy, But I decided to glide on over, and give her one good try. And Lord, Lord, Lord she was worth a try.
'Tongued-tied like a school boy, I stammered out some words. But it did not really matter much, 'cause I don't think she heard. She just looked clear on through me to a space back in my head. And it shamed me into silence, as quietly she said, 'If you want me to come with you, then that's all right with me. Cause I know I'm going nowhere, and anywhere's a better place to be. 更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網 Anywhere's a better place to be.'
'I drove her to my boarding house, and I took her up to my room. And I went to turn on the only light to brighten up the gloom. But she said, 'Please leave the light off, Oh I don't mind the dark.' And as her clothes all tumbled 'round her, I could hear my heart. The moonlight shown upon her as she lay back in my bed. It was the kind of scene I only had imagined in my head. I just could not believe it, to think that she was real. And as I tried to tell her she said 'Shhh.. I know just how you feel. And if you want to come here with me, then that's all right with me. 'Cause I've been oh so lonely, lovin' someone is a better way to be. anywhere's a better way to be.'
'The morning come so swiftly but I held her in my arms. But she slept like a baby, snug and safe from harm. I did not want to share her with the world or break the mood, So before she woke I went out and brought us both some food.
'I came back with my paper bag, to find out she was gone. She'd left a six word letter saying 'It's time that I moved on.''
The waitress took a bar rag, and she wiped it across her eyes. And as she spoke her voice came out as something like a sigh. She said 'I wish that I was beautiful, or that you were halfway blind. And I wish I weren't so dog-gone fat, I wish that you were mine. And I wish that you'd come with me, when I leave for home. For we both know all about loneliness, and livin' all alone.'
And the little man, Looked at the empty glass in his hand. And he smiled a crooked grin, He said, ' I guess I'm out of gin. And know we both have been so lonely. And if you want me to come with you, then that's all right with me. 'Cause I know I'm goin' nowhere and anywhere's a better place to be.'
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