We Got By-Al Jarreau

[00:00.00] 作词 : Jarreau [00:01.00] 作曲 : Jarreau [00:23.37]I hardly had a bellyful [00:25.86] Never knew a new bicycle [00:26.52] Hand-me-down books and shoes [00:37.74] They brought the yule tides in July [00:43.71] I rode a bus, a train and sometimes [00:48.09] Strolling for miles to a movie show [00:54.15] Singing a song "Shoobedoo [00:56.94] "While birds and rich folks flew [01:01.41] right on by [01:04.59] But we got by [01:05.55] Lord knows we got by [01:26.10] Winter wishes wait till June [01:30.06] We brightened July with [01:33.69] that hot dog fun [01:37.26] Tell your mama you're with Sue [01:41.49] You bring the beans and I'll [01:43.77] find the wine [01:44.34] Them neon lights were bright [01:49.35] till 2:00 [01:51.27] And sneaking back home with [01:54.84] this girl named Jo [01:57.63] I hurried down to say do" [02:02.88] And stared my first man-child [02:05.52] in the eye [02:08.64] But we got by [02:09.72] Lord knows we got by [02:10.14] And now baby's got his bellyful [02:53.10] And finally here's that new bicycle [03:01.47] Working, praying, June to June [03:06.18] And mama's got LA gleaming [03:08.85] in her eye [03:12.21] And we got by [03:12.99] Lord knows we got by [03:31.32] You see we kept on walking [03:33.66] and talking, hawking [03:35.34] Ooing, cooing, wooing [03:42.57] Loving, tugging, hugging, rubbing [03:43.62] Sugging, fugging, laying, praying, swaying [03:44.73] Letting, fretting, begetting, lying [03:45.81] Flying, trying, sighing, dying.