[00:00.000] 作曲 : Jerry Garcia
[00:01.000] 作词 : Robert Hunter
[00:05.577]Cherise was brushing her long hair gently down
[00:11.011]It was the afternoon of carnival
[00:16.261]as she brushes it gently down
[00:20.676]Rubin was strumming his painted mandolin
[00:26.214]It was inlaid with a pretty face in jade
[00:31.308]Played in the carnival parade
[00:35.801]Cherise was dressing as Pirouette in white
[00:41.391]when a fatal vision gripped her tight
[00:46.354]Cherise beware tonight
[00:50.900]Rubin, Rubin tell me truly true
[00:56.385]I feel afraid and I don't know why I do
[01:01.453]Is there another girl for you?
[01:09.081]If you could see my heart
[01:11.719]you would know it's true
[01:13.966]there's none Cherise, except for you
[01:18.093]except for you
[01:21.776]I'd swear to it on my very soul
[01:24.702]If I lie, may I fall down cold
[01:31.677]When Rubin played on his painted mandolin
[01:37.685]The breeze would pause to listen in
[01:42.544]before going on its way again
[01:46.802]Masquerade began when nightfall finally woke
[01:52.575]Like waves against the bandstand dancers broke
[01:57.355]to the painted mandolin
[02:05.140]Looking out to the crowd, who is standing there
[02:09.789]Sweet Ruby Claire at Rubin stared
[02:14.047]At Rubin stared
[02:17.992]She was dressed as Pirouette in red
[02:20.735]And her hair hung gently down
[02:27.971]The crowd pressed round Ruby stood as though alone
[02:33.456]Rubin's song took on a different tone
[02:38.420]and he played it just for her
[02:42.834]The song he played was the Carnival Parade
[02:48.398]Each note cut a thread of Cherise's fate
[02:53.544]It cut through like a blade
[02:58.194]Rubin was playing his painted mandolin
[03:03.628]When Ruby froze and turned to stone
[03:08.408]for the strings played all alone
[03:12.875]The voice of Cherise from the face of the mandolin
[03:18.439]Singing: Rubin, Rubin tell me true
[03:23.455]for I have no one but you
[03:31.004]If you could see my heart
[03:33.590]you would know it true
[03:35.837]There's none Cherise, except for you
[03:40.042]except for you
[03:43.752]I'd swear to it on my very soul
[03:46.651]If I lie, may I fall down cold
[03:53.731]The truth of love an unsung song must tell
[03:59.504]The course of love must follow blind
[04:04.232]without a look behind
[04:09.012]Rubin walked the streets of New Orleans 'till dawn
[04:14.393]Cherise so lightly in his arms
[04:19.278]and her hair hung gently down
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