歌曲 | When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease |
歌手 | Roy Harper |
专辑 | HQ |
作词 : Harper | |
When the day is done and the ball has spun in the umpires pocket away | |
And all remains in the groundsman's pains for the rest of the time and a day | |
There'll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for four with the spin | |
On a dusty pitch with two pounds six of willow wood in the sun. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone | |
If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Mid-on | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee and it could be the sting in the ale, the sting in the ale. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he's gone | |
If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Mid-on | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee and it could be the sting in the ale, the sting in the ale. | |
When the moment comes and the gathering stands and the clock turns back to reflect | |
On the years of grace as those footsteps trace for the last time out of the act | |
Well this way of life's recollection, the hallowed strip in the haze | |
The fabled men and the noonday sun are much more than just yarns of their days. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he's gone | |
If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Mid-on | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee and it could be the sting in the ale, the sting in the ale. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he's gone | |
If sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Mid-on | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee. |
zuò cí : Harper | |
When the day is done and the ball has spun in the umpires pocket away | |
And all remains in the groundsman' s pains for the rest of the time and a day | |
There' ll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for four with the spin | |
On a dusty pitch with two pounds six of willow wood in the sun. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he' s gone | |
If sometimes you' re catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Midon | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee and it could be the sting in the ale, the sting in the ale. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he' s gone | |
If sometimes you' re catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Midon | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee and it could be the sting in the ale, the sting in the ale. | |
When the moment comes and the gathering stands and the clock turns back to reflect | |
On the years of grace as those footsteps trace for the last time out of the act | |
Well this way of life' s recollection, the hallowed strip in the haze | |
The fabled men and the noonday sun are much more than just yarns of their days. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he' s gone | |
If sometimes you' re catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Midon | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee and it could be the sting in the ale, the sting in the ale. | |
When an old cricketer leaves the crease, well you never know whether he' s gone | |
If sometimes you' re catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at silly Midon | |
And it could be Geoff and it could be John with a new ball sting in his tail | |
And it could be me and it could be thee. |