What To Keep And What To Throw Away-Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:00.000] 作词 : CARPENTER, MARY [00:01.000] 作曲 : MARY CARPENTER [00:22.56]These are your instructions [00:25.43]Should you choose to follow [00:27.87]Sit down with pen and paper [00:31.00]Begin with something hollow [00:33.24]Like the last words he offered [00:35.74]No kind of explanation [00:38.12]They only take up space here [00:40.81]You do not need to save them [00:43.81] [00:48.43]Open up the closet [00:52.24]Find his winter coat there [00:53.81]Check inside the pockets [00:56.18]Find a crumpled note there [00:58.99]It says "milk and Sunday paper" [01:01.87]And a heart smudged in blue ink [01:03.53] [01:04.78]Fold it up and box it before you've time to think [01:08.85] [01:14.28]Sundays are the hardest [01:15.85] [01:16.78]Avoid familiar back roads [01:18.47] [01:20.60]Erase the old phone numbers [01:22.41]Delete all the photos [01:24.97]And those you haven't heard from [01:27.29]Will come as no surprise [01:29.72]They made their calculation [01:32.91]When they chose a side [01:36.41] [01:46.04]These are your instructions [01:48.41]When you become reclusive [01:51.79] [01:53.16]When old friends say they miss you [01:54.81]When sleep becomes elusive [01:56.50]Fill up every journal [01:58.37]Empty every shoebox [02:01.06]Burn the lists and letters [02:03.56]Sweep out all the old thoughts [02:06.06]Shake off all the covers [02:08.68]Throw every window open [02:10.94]Stand here in your bare feet [02:13.69]Welcome in the morning [02:16.19]These are your instructions [02:18.93]When grace has left you stranded [02:21.81]When you are lost and wounded [02:23.52] [02:24.40]Bleeding and abandoned [02:25.21] [02:36.71]Use a tourniquet for pressure [02:39.77]Let time do it's healing [02:42.09]Say prayers for good measure [02:44.71]When you think you've lost all feeling [02:47.02]Now walk into the guest room [02:49.77]The last place he was sleeping [02:52.21]See the outline on the pillow [02:54.77]Smooth it without weeping [02:56.71] [03:02.52]One last final walk through [03:05.27]Now move the bags and boxes [03:07.52]From front porch onto back seat [03:09.40] [03:10.90]Haul away the losses [03:12.52] [03:13.21]These are your instructions [03:15.40]If you choose to follow [03:18.15]Stop and take a big breath [03:20.27] [03:20.90]Begin with something hollow