Song For Sharon
I went to Staten Island, Sharon
To buy myself a mandolin
And I saw the long white dress of love
On a storefront mannequin
Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars
All for something lacy
Some girl's going to see that dress
And crave that day like crazy
Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada
They can balance and they can climb
Like their fathers before them
They'll walk the girders of the Manhattan skyline
Shine your light on me Miss Liberty
Because as soon as this ferry boat docks
I'm headed to the church to play Bingo
Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks
I can keep my cool at poker
But I'm a fool when love's at stake
Because I can't conceal emotion
What I'm feeling's always written on my face
There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street
I went in to see her as a kind of joke
And she lit a candle for my love luck
And eighteen bucks went up in smoke
Sharon I left my man
At a North Dakota junction
And I came out to the "Big Apple" here
To face the dream's malfunction
Love's a repetitious danger
You'd think I'd be accustomed to
Well I do accept the changes
At least better than I used to do
A woman I knew just drowned herself
The well was deep and muddy
She was just shaking off futility
Or punishing somebody
My friends were calling up all day yesterday
All emotions and abstractions
It seems we all live so close to that line
and so far from satisfaction
Dora says "Have children"
Mama and Betsy say "Find yourself a charity”
Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into Ecology"
Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes
And lovely landscapes to discover
But all I really want to do right now
Is find another lover
When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon
I went to every wedding in that little town
To see the tears and the kisses
And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown
And walking home on the railroad tracks
Or swinging on the playground swing
Love stimulated my illusions
More than anything
And when I went skating after Golden Reggie
You know it was white lace I was chasing
Chasing dreams
Mama's nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans
He showed me first you get the kisses
And then you get the tears
But the ceremony of the bells and lace
Still veils this reckless fool here
Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
Circling in singles and in pairs
In this vigorous anonymity
A blank face at the window stares and
stares and stares and stares and stares
And the power of reason
And the flowers of deep feeling
Seem to serve me
Only to deceive me
Sharon you've got a husband
And a family and a farm
I've got the apple of temptation
And a diamond snake around my arm
But you still have your music
And I've still got my eyes on the land and the sky
You sing for your friends and your family
I'll walk green pastures by and by
Song For SharonLRC歌词
[00:18.000]I went to Staten Island, Sharon
[00:21.000]To buy myself a mandolin
[00:27.000]And I saw the long white dress of love
[00:31.000]On a storefront mannequin
[00:37.000]Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars
[00:41.000]All for something lacy
[00:45.000]Some girl's going to see that dress
[00:48.000]And crave that day like crazy
[01:04.000]Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada
[01:08.000]They can balance and they can climb
[01:13.000]Like their fathers before them
[01:16.000]They'll walk the girders of the Manhattan skyline
[01:22.000]Shine your light on me Miss Liberty
[01:26.000]Because as soon as this ferry boat docks
[01:30.000]I'm headed to the church to play Bingo
[01:34.000]Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks
[01:49.000]I can keep my cool at poker
[01:52.000]But I'm a fool when love's at stake
[01:58.000]Because I can't conceal emotion
[02:01.000]What I'm feeling's always written on my face
[02:08.000]There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street
[02:12.000]I went in to see her as a kind of joke
[02:16.000]And she lit a candle for my love luck
[02:20.000]And eighteen bucks went up in smoke
[02:35.000]Sharon I left my man
[02:37.000]At a North Dakota junction
[02:43.000]And I came out to the "Big Apple" here
[02:47.000]To face the dream's malfunction
[02:53.000]Love's a repetitious danger
[02:58.000]You'd think I'd be accustomed to
[03:01.000]Well I do accept the changes
[03:06.000]At least better than I used to do
[03:29.000]A woman I knew just drowned herself
[03:33.000]The well was deep and muddy
[03:38.000]She was just shaking off futility
[03:42.000]Or punishing somebody
[03:48.000]My friends were calling up all day yesterday
[03:52.000]All emotions and abstractions
[03:56.000]It seems we all live so close to that line
[04:00.000]and so far from satisfaction
[04:15.000]Dora says "Have children"
[04:18.000]Mama and Betsy say "Find yourself a charity”
[04:24.000]Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into Ecology"
[04:33.000]Well there's a wide wide world of noble causes
[04:39.000]And lovely landscapes to discover
[04:42.000]But all I really want to do right now
[04:45.000]Is find another lover
[05:01.000]When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon
[05:04.000]I went to every wedding in that little town
[05:10.000]To see the tears and the kisses
[05:13.000]And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown
[05:19.000]And walking home on the railroad tracks
[05:23.000]Or swinging on the playground swing
[05:28.000]Love stimulated my illusions
[05:32.000]More than anything
[05:38.000]And when I went skating after Golden Reggie
[05:41.000]You know it was white lace I was chasing
[05:45.000]Chasing dreams
[05:49.000]Mama's nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans
[05:56.000]He showed me first you get the kisses
[06:00.000]And then you get the tears
[06:04.000]But the ceremony of the bells and lace
[06:07.000]Still veils this reckless fool here
[06:23.000]Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
[06:27.000]Circling in singles and in pairs
[06:32.000]In this vigorous anonymity
[06:35.000]A blank face at the window stares and
[06:39.000]stares and stares and stares and stares
[06:42.000]And the power of reason
[06:46.000]And the flowers of deep feeling
[06:49.000]Seem to serve me
[06:52.000]Only to deceive me
[07:07.000]Sharon you've got a husband
[07:12.000]And a family and a farm
[07:17.000]I've got the apple of temptation
[07:21.000]And a diamond snake around my arm
[07:27.000]But you still have your music
[07:32.000]And I've still got my eyes on the land and the sky
[07:35.000]You sing for your friends and your family
[07:38.000]I'll walk green pastures by and by
[07:45.000]
