We Got By-Al Jarreau

[00:00.00] 作词 : Jarreau [00:01.00] 作曲 : Jarreau [00:43.35]I hardly had a bellyful [00:44.79] Never knew a new bicycle [00:45.36] Hand-me-down books and shoes [00:55.59] They brought the yule tides in July [01:00.84] I rode a bus, a train and sometimes [01:04.47] Strolling for miles to a movie show [01:09.69] Singing a song "Shoobedoo [01:13.23] "While birds and rich folks flew [01:15.69] right on by [01:17.10] But we got by [01:19.38] Lord knows we got by [01:53.82] Winter wishes wait till June [01:56.73] We brightened July with [01:59.70] that hot dog fun [02:02.10] Tell your mama you're with Sue [02:06.18] You bring the beans and I'll [02:08.13] find the wine [02:08.49] Them neon lights were bright [02:12.45] till 2:00 [02:14.13] And sneaking back home with [02:16.95] this girl named Jo [02:19.53] I hurried down to say Ï do" [02:23.64] And stared my first man-child [02:25.80] in the eye [02:28.47] But we got by [02:29.37] Lord knows we got by [02:44.91] And now baby's got his bellyful [03:04.44] And finally here's that new bicycle [03:11.25] Working, praying, June to June [03:15.00] And mama's got LA gleaming [03:17.37] in her eye [03:21.30] And we got by [03:32.67] Lord knows we got by [03:34.80] You see we kept on walking [03:37.68] and talking, hawking [03:39.06] Ooing, cooing, wooing [03:41.34] Loving, tugging, hugging, rubbing [03:44.10] Sugging, fugging, laying, praying, swaying [03:45.06] Letting, fretting, begetting, lying [03:46.05] Flying, trying, sighing, dying.