The Bird in the Gravel (LP Version)

Song The Bird in the Gravel (LP Version)
Artist Jane Siberry
Album The Walking

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作词 : Jane Siberry
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Jane Siberry
[00:11.261] I was dreaming in the steam room
[00:14.507] Everything was so clear for a minute
[00:16.261] And I thought...
[00:18.015] And the dripping tiles and...
[00:21.262] And I said I'll confess everything
[00:26.014] Yes. I own this land
[00:29.261] I own these forests surrounding my
[00:33.266] ...my estate
[00:40.259] This is my tea coming
[00:44.016] Everything I can - I confess
[00:46.764] Bend
[00:49.265] Now I have the bend
[00:52.514] The best I ever
[00:56.010] Place the tea just so
[00:59.256] Then release and turn
[01:02.764] Oh no not yet
[01:06.010] Then release and turn
[01:09.257] Turn away then go （I was walking through the forest） Better try again
[01:16.263] Looking at me he's （I was walking through the forest） Wait 'til tomorrow Don't want him to know
[01:25.764] Next time he orders tea Release and turn （I had this funny feeling）
[01:33.007] Turn and limp away （ Something was going to change）
[01:36.006] Turn and limp away （I was walking through the dry leaves）
[01:39.763] Turn and limp away （It was very strange）
[01:52.016] They hadn't changed their colour
[01:59.518] All the leaves were green
[02:05.017] I don't mind when it's over
[02:11.760] I don't mind when it's all done
[02:18.266] It's just the moments in between
[02:25.505] Just before it's gone
[02:31.764] Something's going to happen
[02:38.516] Something's going to change
[03:00.266] I know I know I know...
[03:01.757] And when autumn comes
[03:02.514] Well, there's lots of work to do
[03:03.759] that means you
[03:05.266] Time to clean the kettles
[03:06.759] And the pots on the wall
[03:09.009] Pickling and preserving
[03:10.267] All the vegetables
[03:11.510] Stop kicking the apples
[03:13.266] Are we pickling this year?
[03:14.759] Yes-you know we are
[03:18.513] And when autumn comes
[03:19.758] Well, there's lots of work to do
[03:22.012] Bill - that means you
[03:23.517] Time to get the twigs up
[03:25.010] You know, all those stick things
[03:26.762] Time to trim back the roses
[03:28.518] So next year even more grow
[03:30.509] Does it hurt them to do that?
[03:31.762] Does it hurt them? no
[03:36.765] And when autumn comes
[03:38.011] Well, deliveries start to go
[03:40.011] Here he is now
[03:41.764] Down into the valley
[03:43.011] To the market he goes
[03:45.260] Down along the tiny roads
[03:46.769] That wind along the vineyards
[03:49.006] And people lean on their rakes
[03:50.759] And they say hello
[03:52.017] Hello there Francesco !
[03:54.009] Francesco there hello !
[05:06.510] And those are my swans
[05:07.764] Believe me...
[05:11.013] There's no light
[05:12.257] And there isn't because...
[05:13.264] It's so dark
[05:16.263] Because it's so dark
[05:20.517] Because it's so dark
[05:22.258] Because it's so dark
[05:23.515] I was walking through the dry leaves
[05:29.512] It was very strange
[05:35.260] The leaves fell without changing
[05:41.765] No yellows and no reds
[05:48.509] Something's going to happen （Now I have the bend）
[05:55.263] Something's going to change （Place the tea just so）
[06:02.006] And just then as I looked up （Then release and turn ）
[06:08.512] （Oh not yet）
[06:09.259] I remembered what you said
[06:13.016] （Turn away then go）
[06:15.008] I'm crying because I love you （Wait until tomorrow）
[06:20.008] （He's looking at me）
[06:22.508] I know that things must change （Wait until tomorrow）
[06:26.514] （Don't want him to know）
[06:28.505] I can't be there when you leave （Next time…）
[06:33.506] （Time he orders tea）
[06:35.757] What if you're afraid? (Release and turn)
[06:40.260] （ Turn and limp away…）
[06:41.766] You said something about the leaving. （ Turn and limp away…）
[06:46.258] （ Turn and limp away…）
[06:49.266] The moments in between. （ Turn and limp away…）
[06:55.785] (Turn away just go)
[06:57.530] The yawning when the world shifts (Turn away just go)
[07:00.278] (Just go... )
[07:04.283] The clanging of the trains. (Just go... )
[07:06.284] (Just go... )
[07:08.787] And a dog sits up and growls
[07:15.778] And a cow begins to bawl
[07:21.787] And a nun nearby stops to listen
[07:29.026] Cross herself and then move on
[07:35.282] I was laughing in the forest
[07:42.276] I fell down in the leaves
[07:48.535] And I watched the trees above me
[07:55.538] Crossing in the breeze
[08:01.782] I love the bare branches
[08:08.525] I love the healing bells
[08:15.528] The bareness in the last sun
[08:22.533] The greyness and the gold
[08:28.529] And a flock of geese flew over
[08:35.535] And I laughed harder still
[08:42.537] I laughed 'til I was heaving
[08:49.279] Then everything was still
[09:24.534]
[09:36.030]

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò cí : Jane Siberry
[00:01.000] zuò qǔ : Jane Siberry
[00:11.261] I was dreaming in the steam room
[00:14.507] Everything was so clear for a minute
[00:16.261] And I thought...
[00:18.015] And the dripping tiles and...
[00:21.262] And I said I' ll confess everything
[00:26.014] Yes. I own this land
[00:29.261] I own these forests surrounding my
[00:33.266] ... my estate
[00:40.259] This is my tea coming
[00:44.016] Everything I can I confess
[00:46.764] Bend
[00:49.265] Now I have the bend
[00:52.514] The best I ever
[00:56.010] Place the tea just so
[00:59.256] Then release and turn
[01:02.764] Oh no not yet
[01:06.010] Then release and turn
[01:09.257] Turn away then go I was walking through the forest Better try again
[01:16.263] Looking at me he' s I was walking through the forest Wait ' til tomorrow Don' t want him to know
[01:25.764] Next time he orders tea Release and turn I had this funny feeling
[01:33.007] Turn and limp away Something was going to change
[01:36.006] Turn and limp away I was walking through the dry leaves
[01:39.763] Turn and limp away It was very strange
[01:52.016] They hadn' t changed their colour
[01:59.518] All the leaves were green
[02:05.017] I don' t mind when it' s over
[02:11.760] I don' t mind when it' s all done
[02:18.266] It' s just the moments in between
[02:25.505] Just before it' s gone
[02:31.764] Something' s going to happen
[02:38.516] Something' s going to change
[03:00.266] I know I know I know...
[03:01.757] And when autumn comes
[03:02.514] Well, there' s lots of work to do
[03:03.759] that means you
[03:05.266] Time to clean the kettles
[03:06.759] And the pots on the wall
[03:09.009] Pickling and preserving
[03:10.267] All the vegetables
[03:11.510] Stop kicking the apples
[03:13.266] Are we pickling this year?
[03:14.759] Yesyou know we are
[03:18.513] And when autumn comes
[03:19.758] Well, there' s lots of work to do
[03:22.012] Bill that means you
[03:23.517] Time to get the twigs up
[03:25.010] You know, all those stick things
[03:26.762] Time to trim back the roses
[03:28.518] So next year even more grow
[03:30.509] Does it hurt them to do that?
[03:31.762] Does it hurt them? no
[03:36.765] And when autumn comes
[03:38.011] Well, deliveries start to go
[03:40.011] Here he is now
[03:41.764] Down into the valley
[03:43.011] To the market he goes
[03:45.260] Down along the tiny roads
[03:46.769] That wind along the vineyards
[03:49.006] And people lean on their rakes
[03:50.759] And they say hello
[03:52.017] Hello there Francesco !
[03:54.009] Francesco there hello !
[05:06.510] And those are my swans
[05:07.764] Believe me...
[05:11.013] There' s no light
[05:12.257] And there isn' t because...
[05:13.264] It' s so dark
[05:16.263] Because it' s so dark
[05:20.517] Because it' s so dark
[05:22.258] Because it' s so dark
[05:23.515] I was walking through the dry leaves
[05:29.512] It was very strange
[05:35.260] The leaves fell without changing
[05:41.765] No yellows and no reds
[05:48.509] Something' s going to happen Now I have the bend
[05:55.263] Something' s going to change Place the tea just so
[06:02.006] And just then as I looked up Then release and turn
[06:08.512] Oh not yet
[06:09.259] I remembered what you said
[06:13.016] Turn away then go
[06:15.008] I' m crying because I love you Wait until tomorrow
[06:20.008] He' s looking at me
[06:22.508] I know that things must change Wait until tomorrow
[06:26.514] Don' t want him to know
[06:28.505] I can' t be there when you leave Next time
[06:33.506] Time he orders tea
[06:35.757] What if you' re afraid? Release and turn
[06:40.260] Turn and limp away
[06:41.766] You said something about the leaving. Turn and limp away
[06:46.258] Turn and limp away
[06:49.266] The moments in between. Turn and limp away
[06:55.785] Turn away just go
[06:57.530] The yawning when the world shifts Turn away just go
[07:00.278] Just go...
[07:04.283] The clanging of the trains. Just go...
[07:06.284] Just go...
[07:08.787] And a dog sits up and growls
[07:15.778] And a cow begins to bawl
[07:21.787] And a nun nearby stops to listen
[07:29.026] Cross herself and then move on
[07:35.282] I was laughing in the forest
[07:42.276] I fell down in the leaves
[07:48.535] And I watched the trees above me
[07:55.538] Crossing in the breeze
[08:01.782] I love the bare branches
[08:08.525] I love the healing bells
[08:15.528] The bareness in the last sun
[08:22.533] The greyness and the gold
[08:28.529] And a flock of geese flew over
[08:35.535] And I laughed harder still
[08:42.537] I laughed ' til I was heaving
[08:49.279] Then everything was still
[09:24.534]
[09:36.030]