[00:00.00] 作曲 : P. SIMON [00:01.00] 作词 : Simon [00:16.73]Couple in the next room [00:18.68]Bound to win a prize [00:20.88]They’ve been going at it all night long [00:26.04]Well, I’m trying to get some sleep [00:28.12]But these motel walls are cheap [00:30.76]Lincoln Duncan is my name [00:33.14]And here’s my song, here’s my song [00:38.08] [00:41.88]My father was a fisherman [00:43.91]My mama was the fisherman’s friend [00:46.29]And I was born in the boredom [00:48.75]And the chowder [00:51.49]So when I reached my prime [00:53.80]I left my home in the Maritimes [00:56.62]Headed down the turnpike for [00:58.79]New England, sweet New England [01:04.27] [01:27.99]Holes in my confidence [01:30.00]Holes in the knees of my jeans [01:32.42]I was left without a penny in my pocket [01:37.91]Oo-we, I was about destituted [01:41.29]As a kid could be [01:42.77]And I wished I wore a ring [01:44.67]So I could hock it, I’d like to hock it. [01:50.48] [01:53.20]A young girl in a parking lot [01:55.57]Was preaching to a crowd [01:57.79]Singing sacred songs and reading [02:00.00]From the Bible [02:03.13]Well, I told her I was lost [02:05.47]And she told me all about the Pentecost [02:08.18]And I seen that girl as the road [02:10.16]To my survival [02:14.55] [02:22.27]I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know... [02:28.26] [02:39.12]Just later on the very same night [02:41.46]When I crept to her tent with a flashlight [02:44.14]And my long years of innocence ended [02:49.12]Well, she took me to the woods [02:51.44]Saying here comes something and it feels so good [02:54.08]And just like a dog I was befriended [02:58.30]I was befriended [03:03.50] [03:04.58]Oh, oh, what a night [03:07.24]Oh, what a garden of delight [03:09.24]Even now that sweet memory lingers [03:14.41]I was playing my guitar [03:16.72]Lying underneath the stars [03:19.17]Just thanking the Lord [03:21.30]For my fingers [03:23.90]For my fingers [03:29.45] [03:33.46]I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know... [03:38.13]