What To Keep And What To Throw Away

歌曲 What To Keep And What To Throw Away
歌手 Mary Chapin Carpenter
专辑 Ashes And Roses

歌词

[00:00.00] 作曲 : MARY CARPENTER
[00:01.00] 作词 : CARPENTER, MARY
[00:22.56] These are your instructions
[00:25.43] Should you choose to follow
[00:27.87] Sit down with pen and paper
[00:31.00] Begin with something hollow
[00:33.24] Like the last words he offered
[00:35.74] No kind of explanation
[00:38.12] They only take up space here
[00:40.81] You do not need to save them
[00:43.81]
[00:48.43] Open up the closet
[00:52.24] Find his winter coat there
[00:53.81] Check inside the pockets
[00:56.18] Find a crumpled note there
[00:58.99] It says "milk and Sunday paper"
[01:01.87] And a heart smudged in blue ink
[01:03.53]
[01:04.78] Fold it up and box it before you've time to think
[01:08.85]
[01:14.28] Sundays are the hardest
[01:15.85]
[01:16.78] Avoid familiar back roads
[01:18.47]
[01:20.60] Erase the old phone numbers
[01:22.41] Delete all the photos
[01:24.97] And those you haven't heard from
[01:27.29] Will come as no surprise
[01:29.72] They made their calculation
[01:32.91] When they chose a side
[01:36.41]
[01:46.04] These are your instructions
[01:48.41] When you become reclusive
[01:51.79]
[01:53.16] When old friends say they miss you
[01:54.81] When sleep becomes elusive
[01:56.50] Fill up every journal
[01:58.37] Empty every shoebox
[02:01.06] Burn the lists and letters
[02:03.56] Sweep out all the old thoughts
[02:06.06] Shake off all the covers
[02:08.68] Throw every window open
[02:10.94] Stand here in your bare feet
[02:13.69] Welcome in the morning
[02:16.19] These are your instructions
[02:18.93] When grace has left you stranded
[02:21.81] When you are lost and wounded
[02:23.52]
[02:24.40] Bleeding and abandoned
[02:25.21]
[02:36.71] Use a tourniquet for pressure
[02:39.77] Let time do it's healing
[02:42.09] Say prayers for good measure
[02:44.71] When you think you've lost all feeling
[02:47.02] Now walk into the guest room
[02:49.77] The last place he was sleeping
[02:52.21] See the outline on the pillow
[02:54.77] Smooth it without weeping
[02:56.71]
[03:02.52] One last final walk through
[03:05.27] Now move the bags and boxes
[03:07.52] From front porch onto back seat
[03:09.40]
[03:10.90] Haul away the losses
[03:12.52]
[03:13.21] These are your instructions
[03:15.40] If you choose to follow
[03:18.15] Stop and take a big breath
[03:20.27]
[03:20.90] Begin with something hollow

拼音

[00:00.00] zuò qǔ : MARY CARPENTER
[00:01.00] zuò cí : CARPENTER, MARY
[00:22.56] These are your instructions
[00:25.43] Should you choose to follow
[00:27.87] Sit down with pen and paper
[00:31.00] Begin with something hollow
[00:33.24] Like the last words he offered
[00:35.74] No kind of explanation
[00:38.12] They only take up space here
[00:40.81] You do not need to save them
[00:43.81]
[00:48.43] Open up the closet
[00:52.24] Find his winter coat there
[00:53.81] Check inside the pockets
[00:56.18] Find a crumpled note there
[00:58.99] It says " milk and Sunday paper"
[01:01.87] And a heart smudged in blue ink
[01:03.53]
[01:04.78] Fold it up and box it before you' ve time to think
[01:08.85]
[01:14.28] Sundays are the hardest
[01:15.85]
[01:16.78] Avoid familiar back roads
[01:18.47]
[01:20.60] Erase the old phone numbers
[01:22.41] Delete all the photos
[01:24.97] And those you haven' t heard from
[01:27.29] Will come as no surprise
[01:29.72] They made their calculation
[01:32.91] When they chose a side
[01:36.41]
[01:46.04] These are your instructions
[01:48.41] When you become reclusive
[01:51.79]
[01:53.16] When old friends say they miss you
[01:54.81] When sleep becomes elusive
[01:56.50] Fill up every journal
[01:58.37] Empty every shoebox
[02:01.06] Burn the lists and letters
[02:03.56] Sweep out all the old thoughts
[02:06.06] Shake off all the covers
[02:08.68] Throw every window open
[02:10.94] Stand here in your bare feet
[02:13.69] Welcome in the morning
[02:16.19] These are your instructions
[02:18.93] When grace has left you stranded
[02:21.81] When you are lost and wounded
[02:23.52]
[02:24.40] Bleeding and abandoned
[02:25.21]
[02:36.71] Use a tourniquet for pressure
[02:39.77] Let time do it' s healing
[02:42.09] Say prayers for good measure
[02:44.71] When you think you' ve lost all feeling
[02:47.02] Now walk into the guest room
[02:49.77] The last place he was sleeping
[02:52.21] See the outline on the pillow
[02:54.77] Smooth it without weeping
[02:56.71]
[03:02.52] One last final walk through
[03:05.27] Now move the bags and boxes
[03:07.52] From front porch onto back seat
[03:09.40]
[03:10.90] Haul away the losses
[03:12.52]
[03:13.21] These are your instructions
[03:15.40] If you choose to follow
[03:18.15] Stop and take a big breath
[03:20.27]
[03:20.90] Begin with something hollow