My Washington Woman-Kenny Rogers

[00:00.00] 作词 : Frazier, Owens [00:09.39]The wages of an unskilled working man never paid enough [00:13.29]From time to time the nickel race keeps him from giving up [00:28.47]The blue collared man in Seattle never lives on white collared street [00:37.26]But there was food on the table for my Washington woman and me [00:48.27]The work slowed down and then one day the foreman laid me off [00:56.43]That night in a tavern down to my last dime I met a girl from Arkansas [01:05.82]Her daddy was a banker in Little Rock, she had a mansion on white collared street [01:14.40]The next morning my Washington woman woke up without me [01:25.05]From city to city and state to state I grew heavier with shame [01:34.23]My Washington woman had six months left before our child would bring her pain [01:42.39]My Arkansas woman hurt me as we crossed the Arkansas line [01:53.88]But the arms of Seattle were the arms that kept huggin' my mind [01:55.53]For years I've basked in expensive wines, taste cheaper every day [02:09.78]I gave up all the things I loved for all these things I hate [02:20.52]And locked up all of her forgiveness the day I set myself free [02:30.03]And the heart of my Washington woman stopped beating for me [02:38.85]My Washington woman sends me a letter every once in a while [02:46.47]Inside a folded wordless page is a picture of my child [02:54.60]All at once the room grows cold with a feeling of jealousy [03:03.33]And there's a silence between my Arkansas woman and me