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Song Wartime Prayers
Artist Paul Simon
Album The Essential Paul Simon
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[00:00.00] 作词 : Simon
[00:20.77] Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,
[00:32.46] Appeals for love or love's release
[00:41.55] In private invocations
[00:48.42] But all that is changed now,
[00:55.25] Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.
[01:03.70] People hungry for the voice of God
[01:10.31] Hear lunatics and liars
[01:18.02] Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
[01:24.93] In every language spoken,
[01:30.42] For every family scattered and broken.
[01:53.25] Because you cannot walk with the holy,
[01:56.34] If you're just a halfway decent man.
[01:59.27] I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
[02:04.09] With a genius marketing plan.
[02:07.38] I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
[02:10.72] Even a little drop will do.
[02:14.80] I want to rid my heart of envy
[02:19.09] And cleanse my soul of rage
[02:22.31] Before I'm through.
[02:30.30] Times are hard, it's a hard time
[02:34.32] But everybody knows all about hard times.
[02:39.76] The thing is, what are you gonna do?
[02:43.90] Well, you cry and try to muscle through
[02:54.20] Try to rearrange your stuff
[02:57.91] But when the wounds are deep enough,
[03:02.21] It's all that we can bear,
[03:06.65] We wrap ourselves in prayer.
[03:20.19] Because you cannot walk with the holy,
[03:23.44] If you're just a halfway decent man.
[03:26.52] I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
[03:31.29] With a genius marketing plan.
[03:34.33] I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
[03:37.98] Even a little drop will do.
[03:42.03] I want to rid my heart of envy
[03:46.03] And cleanse my soul of rage
[03:49.43] Before I'm through.
[03:58.80] A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
[04:04.76] And draws her babies closer.
[04:12.29] With hush-a-byes for sleepy eyes,
[04:19.24] And kisses on the shoulder.
[04:26.61] To drive away despair
[04:33.83] She says a wartime prayer.
[00:00.00] zuo ci : Simon
[00:20.77] Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,
[00:32.46] Appeals for love or love' s release
[00:41.55] In private invocations
[00:48.42] But all that is changed now,
[00:55.25] Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.
[01:03.70] People hungry for the voice of God
[01:10.31] Hear lunatics and liars
[01:18.02] Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
[01:24.93] In every language spoken,
[01:30.42] For every family scattered and broken.
[01:53.25] Because you cannot walk with the holy,
[01:56.34] If you' re just a halfway decent man.
[01:59.27] I don' t pretend that I' m a mastermind
[02:04.09] With a genius marketing plan.
[02:07.38] I' m trying to tap into some wisdom,
[02:10.72] Even a little drop will do.
[02:14.80] I want to rid my heart of envy
[02:19.09] And cleanse my soul of rage
[02:22.31] Before I' m through.
[02:30.30] Times are hard, it' s a hard time
[02:34.32] But everybody knows all about hard times.
[02:39.76] The thing is, what are you gonna do?
[02:43.90] Well, you cry and try to muscle through
[02:54.20] Try to rearrange your stuff
[02:57.91] But when the wounds are deep enough,
[03:02.21] It' s all that we can bear,
[03:06.65] We wrap ourselves in prayer.
[03:20.19] Because you cannot walk with the holy,
[03:23.44] If you' re just a halfway decent man.
[03:26.52] I don' t pretend that I' m a mastermind
[03:31.29] With a genius marketing plan.
[03:34.33] I' m trying to tap into some wisdom,
[03:37.98] Even a little drop will do.
[03:42.03] I want to rid my heart of envy
[03:46.03] And cleanse my soul of rage
[03:49.43] Before I' m through.
[03:58.80] A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
[04:04.76] And draws her babies closer.
[04:12.29] With hushabyes for sleepy eyes,
[04:19.24] And kisses on the shoulder.
[04:26.61] To drive away despair
[04:33.83] She says a wartime prayer.
[00:00.00] zuò cí : Simon
[00:20.77] Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,
[00:32.46] Appeals for love or love' s release
[00:41.55] In private invocations
[00:48.42] But all that is changed now,
[00:55.25] Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.
[01:03.70] People hungry for the voice of God
[01:10.31] Hear lunatics and liars
[01:18.02] Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
[01:24.93] In every language spoken,
[01:30.42] For every family scattered and broken.
[01:53.25] Because you cannot walk with the holy,
[01:56.34] If you' re just a halfway decent man.
[01:59.27] I don' t pretend that I' m a mastermind
[02:04.09] With a genius marketing plan.
[02:07.38] I' m trying to tap into some wisdom,
[02:10.72] Even a little drop will do.
[02:14.80] I want to rid my heart of envy
[02:19.09] And cleanse my soul of rage
[02:22.31] Before I' m through.
[02:30.30] Times are hard, it' s a hard time
[02:34.32] But everybody knows all about hard times.
[02:39.76] The thing is, what are you gonna do?
[02:43.90] Well, you cry and try to muscle through
[02:54.20] Try to rearrange your stuff
[02:57.91] But when the wounds are deep enough,
[03:02.21] It' s all that we can bear,
[03:06.65] We wrap ourselves in prayer.
[03:20.19] Because you cannot walk with the holy,
[03:23.44] If you' re just a halfway decent man.
[03:26.52] I don' t pretend that I' m a mastermind
[03:31.29] With a genius marketing plan.
[03:34.33] I' m trying to tap into some wisdom,
[03:37.98] Even a little drop will do.
[03:42.03] I want to rid my heart of envy
[03:46.03] And cleanse my soul of rage
[03:49.43] Before I' m through.
[03:58.80] A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
[04:04.76] And draws her babies closer.
[04:12.29] With hushabyes for sleepy eyes,
[04:19.24] And kisses on the shoulder.
[04:26.61] To drive away despair
[04:33.83] She says a wartime prayer.
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