歌词
The rain falls down on last year's man,
that's a jew's harp on the table,
that's a crayon in his hand.
And the corners of the blueprint are ruined since they rolled
far past the stems of thumbtacks
that still throw shadows on the wood.
And the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend
and all the rain falls down amen
on the works of last year's man.
I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark
oh one by one she had to tell them
that her name was Joan of Arc.
I was in that army, yes I stayed a little while;
I want to thank you, Joan of Arc,
for treating me so well.
And though I wear a uniform I was not born to fight;
all these wounded boys you lie beside,
goodnight, my friends, goodnight.
I came upon a wedding that old families had contrived;
Bethlehem the bridegroom,
Babylon the bride.
Great Babylon was naked, oh she stood there trembling for me,
and Bethlehem inflamed us both
like the shy one at some orgy.
And when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil
that I had to draw aside to see
the serpent eat its tail.
Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain
so I hang upon my altar
and I hoist my axe again.
And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began
when Jesus was the honeymoon
and Cain was just the man.
And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood and skin
that the wilderness is gathering
all its children back again.
The rain falls down on last year's man,
an hour has gone by
and he has not moved his hand.
But everything will happen if he only gives the word;
the lovers will rise up
and the mountains touch the ground.
But the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend
and all the rain falls down amen
on the works of last year's man.
专辑信息
10.Suzanne
11.Who by Fire
13.Nightingale
15.Master Song
16.Winter Lady
20.Teachers
23.Here It Is
24.Love Itself
31.Because Of
32.The Letters
33.Undertow
35.On That Day
38.Dear Heather
40.To a Teacher
41.Going Home
42.The Faith
43.Amen
45.Darkness
46.Anyhow
48.Come Healing
49.Banjo
50.Lullaby
55.The Partisan
58.The Butcher
62.Avalanche
68.The Law
70.The Captain
77.I'm Your Man
79.Jazz Police
82.The Future
83.Be for Real
84.Closing Time
85.Anthem
87.Always
97.Memories
98.Iodine
102.Fingerprints
103.The Window
108.Humbled in Love
109.The Guests
111.The Traitor
114.The Gypsy's Wife