Song | Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern |
Artist | Todd Snider |
Album | Happy To Be Here |
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作词 : Snider | |
Snider | |
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Old Miss Virgy tended bar at this shack out in the hills | |
It never made her no money boys but paid of all her bills | |
Now she must have been 80 years old but her heart was warm and her beer was cold | |
She gave away more than she ever sold, she's smiling all the time. | |
I used to sing off in the corner every Friday night | |
To a loud crowd of cowboys, bikers and bar room fights | |
They were drinking beer, carrying on, not a one of them listening to one of my songs | |
But old Miss Virgy sang along, she said she knew 'em all by heart. | |
And then one night after closing she poured me a beer | |
She said : 'Come on over and sit down you little shit, I got something you need to hear' | |
She said : 'Life ain't easy getting through everybody's gonna make things tough on you' | |
'But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do, they will never get you down'. | |
She said life's too short to worry, life's too long to wait | |
Too short not to love everybody, life's too long to hate | |
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time | |
Trying to save a nickel or make a dime | |
Not me, no sireee, I ain't got the time. | |
Now I ain't seen Ol' Virgy in must have been about ten years | |
I've been bumming around this country singing songs for tips and beers | |
Now the nights are long, the driving's tough | |
Hotels stink and the pay sucks | |
But I can't dig what I do enough, so it never gets me down. | |
I say life's too short to worry, life's too long to wait | |
Too short not to love everybody, life's too long to hate | |
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time | |
Trying to save a nickel or make a dime | |
Not me, no sireee, I ain't got the time. |
zuo ci : Snider | |
Snider | |
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Old Miss Virgy tended bar at this shack out in the hills | |
It never made her no money boys but paid of all her bills | |
Now she must have been 80 years old but her heart was warm and her beer was cold | |
She gave away more than she ever sold, she' s smiling all the time. | |
I used to sing off in the corner every Friday night | |
To a loud crowd of cowboys, bikers and bar room fights | |
They were drinking beer, carrying on, not a one of them listening to one of my songs | |
But old Miss Virgy sang along, she said she knew ' em all by heart. | |
And then one night after closing she poured me a beer | |
She said nbsp: ' Come on over and sit down you little shit, I got something you need to hear' | |
She said nbsp: ' Life ain' t easy getting through everybody' s gonna make things tough on you' | |
' But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do, they will never get you down'. | |
She said life' s too short to worry, life' s too long to wait | |
Too short not to love everybody, life' s too long to hate | |
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time | |
Trying to save a nickel or make a dime | |
Not me, no sireee, I ain' t got the time. | |
Now I ain' t seen Ol' Virgy in must have been about ten years | |
I' ve been bumming around this country singing songs for tips and beers | |
Now the nights are long, the driving' s tough | |
Hotels stink and the pay sucks | |
But I can' t dig what I do enough, so it never gets me down. | |
I say life' s too short to worry, life' s too long to wait | |
Too short not to love everybody, life' s too long to hate | |
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time | |
Trying to save a nickel or make a dime | |
Not me, no sireee, I ain' t got the time. |
zuò cí : Snider | |
Snider | |
. | |
Old Miss Virgy tended bar at this shack out in the hills | |
It never made her no money boys but paid of all her bills | |
Now she must have been 80 years old but her heart was warm and her beer was cold | |
She gave away more than she ever sold, she' s smiling all the time. | |
I used to sing off in the corner every Friday night | |
To a loud crowd of cowboys, bikers and bar room fights | |
They were drinking beer, carrying on, not a one of them listening to one of my songs | |
But old Miss Virgy sang along, she said she knew ' em all by heart. | |
And then one night after closing she poured me a beer | |
She said nbsp: ' Come on over and sit down you little shit, I got something you need to hear' | |
She said nbsp: ' Life ain' t easy getting through everybody' s gonna make things tough on you' | |
' But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do, they will never get you down'. | |
She said life' s too short to worry, life' s too long to wait | |
Too short not to love everybody, life' s too long to hate | |
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time | |
Trying to save a nickel or make a dime | |
Not me, no sireee, I ain' t got the time. | |
Now I ain' t seen Ol' Virgy in must have been about ten years | |
I' ve been bumming around this country singing songs for tips and beers | |
Now the nights are long, the driving' s tough | |
Hotels stink and the pay sucks | |
But I can' t dig what I do enough, so it never gets me down. | |
I say life' s too short to worry, life' s too long to wait | |
Too short not to love everybody, life' s too long to hate | |
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time | |
Trying to save a nickel or make a dime | |
Not me, no sireee, I ain' t got the time. |