Rochester

Song Rochester
Artist Craig Armstrong
Album Plunkett And Macleane

Lyrics

[00:-4.00] Mat Kearney - Rochester
[00:-2.00]
[00:00.00]
[00:24.88] I was born in Rochester to a book-making man
[00:32.12] Had a fake cigar shop with the games on in the back
[00:38.85] See them coming and going letting it ride on thorough breads
[00:46.29] The police chief and Tom Hall wondering what was the spread
[00:55.65] I carried rich mans bags through brier trying to chase down a little white ball
[01:03.24] Learned that any soft place wasn’t good for me at all
[01:10.38] Daddy’d come home fired up looking for some sort of release
[01:17.25] He’d beat the hell of Timmy and Timmy’d beat the hell out of me
[01:24.52] I would hop the fence out to those government fields
[01:32.49] Run till there was nothing left to feel
[01:39.93] Lying there, watching, just disappear
[01:45.95] Knowing one day I’m gonna fly on out of here
[01:54.40] The same police chief came knocking my first freshman day
[02:02.40] Put my daddy in handcuffs and his picture on the front page
[02:09.61] Took every one of his suits and all my dignity
[02:17.17] I’d walk the halls of Irondequoit looking for any punk to set me free
[02:25.20] I would hop the fence out to those government fields
[02:33.26] Run till there was nothing left to feel
[02:40.17] Lying there, watching, just disappear
[02:46.94] Knowing one day I’m gonna fly on out of here
[02:53.94] Got that call to Vietnam, just like everyone else I knew
[03:02.60] So scared of the hand grenades, threw them farther than any other troop
[03:09.88] Came home like an iron fist, and Timmy tried to take my keys
[03:17.21] Ripped open his from pocket, that was the last time he touched me
[03:24.67] Moved to an island out west and up to Breckenridge
[03:33.35] Met a mermaid on a glass boat, and she promised me some kids
[03:40.73] Bought a house in Oregon where you could touch both of the walls
[03:47.77] Had a son named Benjamin, and I was so scared of it all
[03:55.90]
[04:25.43] Well, Benjamin walked in the front room where I was cutting up my hash
[04:32.59] Looked into his deep blue eyes wondering why I’d been so mad
[04:39.93] Flushed a quarter pound down the drain, praying for the mercy to confess
[04:47.50] Trying to rip the boy from Rochester right out of my chest
[04:56.34] We’re gonna walk right out into those heavenly fields
[05:03.66] Run like there was no more time to steal
[05:10.50] My three boys and the grace of god revealed
[05:17.68] Knowing one day you’re gonna take me out of here
[05:25.58] Knowing one day you’re gonna take me out of here
[05:33.07]

Pinyin

[00:-4.00] Mat Kearney Rochester
[00:-2.00]
[00:00.00]
[00:24.88] I was born in Rochester to a bookmaking man
[00:32.12] Had a fake cigar shop with the games on in the back
[00:38.85] See them coming and going letting it ride on thorough breads
[00:46.29] The police chief and Tom Hall wondering what was the spread
[00:55.65] I carried rich mans bags through brier trying to chase down a little white ball
[01:03.24] Learned that any soft place wasn' t good for me at all
[01:10.38] Daddy' d come home fired up looking for some sort of release
[01:17.25] He' d beat the hell of Timmy and Timmy' d beat the hell out of me
[01:24.52] I would hop the fence out to those government fields
[01:32.49] Run till there was nothing left to feel
[01:39.93] Lying there, watching, just disappear
[01:45.95] Knowing one day I' m gonna fly on out of here
[01:54.40] The same police chief came knocking my first freshman day
[02:02.40] Put my daddy in handcuffs and his picture on the front page
[02:09.61] Took every one of his suits and all my dignity
[02:17.17] I' d walk the halls of Irondequoit looking for any punk to set me free
[02:25.20] I would hop the fence out to those government fields
[02:33.26] Run till there was nothing left to feel
[02:40.17] Lying there, watching, just disappear
[02:46.94] Knowing one day I' m gonna fly on out of here
[02:53.94] Got that call to Vietnam, just like everyone else I knew
[03:02.60] So scared of the hand grenades, threw them farther than any other troop
[03:09.88] Came home like an iron fist, and Timmy tried to take my keys
[03:17.21] Ripped open his from pocket, that was the last time he touched me
[03:24.67] Moved to an island out west and up to Breckenridge
[03:33.35] Met a mermaid on a glass boat, and she promised me some kids
[03:40.73] Bought a house in Oregon where you could touch both of the walls
[03:47.77] Had a son named Benjamin, and I was so scared of it all
[03:55.90]
[04:25.43] Well, Benjamin walked in the front room where I was cutting up my hash
[04:32.59] Looked into his deep blue eyes wondering why I' d been so mad
[04:39.93] Flushed a quarter pound down the drain, praying for the mercy to confess
[04:47.50] Trying to rip the boy from Rochester right out of my chest
[04:56.34] We' re gonna walk right out into those heavenly fields
[05:03.66] Run like there was no more time to steal
[05:10.50] My three boys and the grace of god revealed
[05:17.68] Knowing one day you' re gonna take me out of here
[05:25.58] Knowing one day you' re gonna take me out of here
[05:33.07]