[00:00.000] 作曲 : Jerry Garcia
[00:01.000] 作词 : Robert Hunter
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[00:05.917]Cherise was brushing her long hair gently down
[00:11.402]It was the afternoon of carnival
[00:16.653]as she brushes it gently down
[00:21.068]Rubin was strumming his painted mandolin
[00:26.553]It was inlaid with a pretty face in jade
[00:31.700]Played in the carnival parade
[00:36.010]Cherise was dressing as Pirouette in white
[00:41.678]when a fatal vision gripped her tight
[00:46.746]Cherise beware tonight
[00:51.291]Rubin, Rubin tell me truly true
[00:56.751]I feel afraid and I don't know why I do
[01:01.845]Is there another girl for you?
[01:09.473]If you could see my heart
[01:12.059]you would know it's true
[01:14.253]there's none Cherise, except for you
[01:18.433]except for you
[01:22.194]I'd swear to it on my very soul
[01:25.224]If I lie, may I fall down cold
[01:31.938]When Rubin played on his painted mandolin
[01:37.894]The breeze would pause to listen in
[01:42.962]before going on its way again
[01:47.115]Masquerade began when nightfall finally woke
[01:52.888]Like waves against the bandstand dancers broke
[01:57.747]to the painted mandolin
[02:05.479]Looking out to the crowd, who is standing there
[02:10.233]Sweet Ruby Claire at Rubin stared
[02:14.387]At Rubin stared
[02:18.148]She was dressed as Pirouette in red
[02:20.970]And her hair hung gently down
[02:28.310]The crowd pressed round Ruby stood as though alone
[02:33.796]Rubin's song took on a different tone
[02:38.707]and he played it just for her
[02:42.991]The song he played was the Carnival Parade
[02:48.712]Each note cut a thread of Cherise's fate
[02:53.858]It cut through like a blade
[02:58.560]Rubin was playing his painted mandolin
[03:03.889]When Ruby froze and turned to stone
[03:08.669]for the strings played all alone
[03:13.267]The voice of Cherise from the face of the mandolin
[03:18.805]Singing: Rubin, Rubin tell me true
[03:23.716]for I have no one but you
[03:31.265]If you could see my heart
[03:33.877]you would know it true
[03:36.046]There's none Cherise, except for you
[03:40.225]except for you
[03:43.961]I'd swear to it on my very soul
[03:46.860]If I lie, may I fall down cold
[03:53.992]The truth of love an unsung song must tell
[03:59.660]The course of love must follow blind
[04:04.545]without a look behind
[04:09.169]Rubin walked the streets of New Orleans 'till dawn
[04:14.576]Cherise so lightly in his arms
[04:19.592]and her hair hung gently down
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