| Song | Why Must I Plead |
| Artist | Richard Thompson |
| Album | Rumor And Sigh |
| 作词 : Thompson | |
| All your bitterness and lies | |
| Sting like tears in my eyes | |
| And a thousand lovesick tunes | |
| Won't wash away the wounds from my mind | |
| You've been seen around, you're a news sensation | |
| You got a better deal and you took his invitation | |
| You've been sitting on his lap and taking his dictation | |
| Mercy, we used to love all day and drive all night | |
| Mercy, jealousy used to whet your appetite | |
| Mercy, we were low as dogs and high as kites | |
| Why must I plead with you darling, | |
| For what's already mine | |
| My friends are indiscreet | |
| And I sing myself to sleep | |
| And I don't mind the red wine | |
| Or the pickup line as long as it's cheap | |
| I ask you what 's wrong, and you say I'm all yours | |
| I ask who your friend is, and you say Santa Clause | |
| I ask you to come home, you say yoU're tired of being indoors | |
| Mercy, you know you signed on that dotted line | |
| Mercy, you signed yours and I signed mine | |
| Mercy, you said forever till the end of time | |
| Why must I plead with you darling, | |
| For what's already mine |
| zuò cí : Thompson | |
| All your bitterness and lies | |
| Sting like tears in my eyes | |
| And a thousand lovesick tunes | |
| Won' t wash away the wounds from my mind | |
| You' ve been seen around, you' re a news sensation | |
| You got a better deal and you took his invitation | |
| You' ve been sitting on his lap and taking his dictation | |
| Mercy, we used to love all day and drive all night | |
| Mercy, jealousy used to whet your appetite | |
| Mercy, we were low as dogs and high as kites | |
| Why must I plead with you darling, | |
| For what' s already mine | |
| My friends are indiscreet | |
| And I sing myself to sleep | |
| And I don' t mind the red wine | |
| Or the pickup line as long as it' s cheap | |
| I ask you what ' s wrong, and you say I' m all yours | |
| I ask who your friend is, and you say Santa Clause | |
| I ask you to come home, you say yoU' re tired of being indoors | |
| Mercy, you know you signed on that dotted line | |
| Mercy, you signed yours and I signed mine | |
| Mercy, you said forever till the end of time | |
| Why must I plead with you darling, | |
| For what' s already mine |