A Letter to Michelle

Song A Letter to Michelle
Artist The Cog Is Dead
Album Steam Powered Stories

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作曲 : John Mondelli
[00:01.68] Well, the time has come
[00:03.07] for the final story of the evening.
[00:05.51] Let's listen in as inventor Thomas Livingston
[00:08.21] prepares to set sail for adventure
[00:10.65] in a brand new flying machine!
[00:29.59] It was spring of 1890
[00:34.03] Thomas Livingston had built a new machine
[00:43.20] And he planned to see the world
[00:47.48] Flying everywhere to places yet unseen
[00:55.11] When the day to set sail finally arrived
[00:58.70] He hugged his son and he kissed his wife
[01:02.03] And set off on the journey through the sky
[01:08.67] And the first few months went just as planned
[01:12.41] They were leaving Rome for Amsterdam
[01:15.55] When a pirate vessel caught them by surprise
[01:22.61] Well, panic broke out
[01:24.76] On that ship
[01:26.40] Cannons fired and bullets ripped
[01:29.35] Though Thomas stood firm
[01:31.58] In the fight,
[01:33.13] He feared he'd have to write:
[01:37.83] "Dear Michelle, I won't be coming home
[01:43.41] I'm drifting out across the clouds
[01:46.93] Into the great unknown
[01:51.57] "There's no way I'll ever make it back
[01:57.05] It's vast out here, and I have veered
[02:00.29] So very far off track
[02:05.97] "Please look after Jim
[02:09.10] And take good care of him
[02:11.85] Oh, Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[02:19.39] "I wish I could return
[02:22.77] But now you'll have to learn
[02:25.31] To carry on when your family man is gone"
[02:32.89] As the pirates waged their war
[02:37.27] Thomas tried to fight and counter their attacks
[02:46.29] But the fiends had them outnumbered
[02:51.02] And a gunman shot his first mate in the back
[02:58.48] Well they picked off his men, one by one
[03:01.93] There was nothing they could do, and there was nowhere to run
[03:05.26] And it wouldn't be long 'til the scoundrels shot them all
[03:12.04] Then with one final blast that shook the ship
[03:15.48] Thomas Livingston's vessel took a critical hit
[03:19.13] And down his mighty craft began to fall
[03:25.69] And Thomas then thought of his miss
[03:29.28] He couldn't let her know he went down like this
[03:32.76] He wrote a letter to Michelle,
[03:36.11] As down his airship fell:
[03:40.78] "Dear Michelle, I won't be coming home
[03:46.48] I'm drifting out across the clouds
[03:49.86] Into the great unknown
[03:54.40] "There's no way I'll ever make it back
[04:00.02] It's vast out here, and I have veered
[04:03.22] So very far off track
[04:08.84] "Please look after Jim
[04:12.03] And take good care of him
[04:14.71] Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[04:22.23] "I wish I could return
[04:25.67] But now you'll have to learn
[04:28.21] To carry on when your family man is gone
[05:03.68] "Please look after Jim
[05:06.62] And take good care of him
[05:09.31] Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[05:16.80] "I wish I could return
[05:20.23] But now you'll have to learn
[05:22.72] To carry on when your family man is gone"

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò qǔ : John Mondelli
[00:01.68] Well, the time has come
[00:03.07] for the final story of the evening.
[00:05.51] Let' s listen in as inventor Thomas Livingston
[00:08.21] prepares to set sail for adventure
[00:10.65] in a brand new flying machine!
[00:29.59] It was spring of 1890
[00:34.03] Thomas Livingston had built a new machine
[00:43.20] And he planned to see the world
[00:47.48] Flying everywhere to places yet unseen
[00:55.11] When the day to set sail finally arrived
[00:58.70] He hugged his son and he kissed his wife
[01:02.03] And set off on the journey through the sky
[01:08.67] And the first few months went just as planned
[01:12.41] They were leaving Rome for Amsterdam
[01:15.55] When a pirate vessel caught them by surprise
[01:22.61] Well, panic broke out
[01:24.76] On that ship
[01:26.40] Cannons fired and bullets ripped
[01:29.35] Though Thomas stood firm
[01:31.58] In the fight,
[01:33.13] He feared he' d have to write:
[01:37.83] " Dear Michelle, I won' t be coming home
[01:43.41] I' m drifting out across the clouds
[01:46.93] Into the great unknown
[01:51.57] " There' s no way I' ll ever make it back
[01:57.05] It' s vast out here, and I have veered
[02:00.29] So very far off track
[02:05.97] " Please look after Jim
[02:09.10] And take good care of him
[02:11.85] Oh, Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[02:19.39] " I wish I could return
[02:22.77] But now you' ll have to learn
[02:25.31] To carry on when your family man is gone"
[02:32.89] As the pirates waged their war
[02:37.27] Thomas tried to fight and counter their attacks
[02:46.29] But the fiends had them outnumbered
[02:51.02] And a gunman shot his first mate in the back
[02:58.48] Well they picked off his men, one by one
[03:01.93] There was nothing they could do, and there was nowhere to run
[03:05.26] And it wouldn' t be long ' til the scoundrels shot them all
[03:12.04] Then with one final blast that shook the ship
[03:15.48] Thomas Livingston' s vessel took a critical hit
[03:19.13] And down his mighty craft began to fall
[03:25.69] And Thomas then thought of his miss
[03:29.28] He couldn' t let her know he went down like this
[03:32.76] He wrote a letter to Michelle,
[03:36.11] As down his airship fell:
[03:40.78] " Dear Michelle, I won' t be coming home
[03:46.48] I' m drifting out across the clouds
[03:49.86] Into the great unknown
[03:54.40] " There' s no way I' ll ever make it back
[04:00.02] It' s vast out here, and I have veered
[04:03.22] So very far off track
[04:08.84] " Please look after Jim
[04:12.03] And take good care of him
[04:14.71] Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[04:22.23] " I wish I could return
[04:25.67] But now you' ll have to learn
[04:28.21] To carry on when your family man is gone
[05:03.68] " Please look after Jim
[05:06.62] And take good care of him
[05:09.31] Oh Michelle, I know you will raise him well
[05:16.80] " I wish I could return
[05:20.23] But now you' ll have to learn
[05:22.72] To carry on when your family man is gone"