Jacques Lamure-Of Montreal

[00:00.000] 作词 : Of Montreal [00:01.000] 作曲 : Of Montreal [00:03.27]Jacques Lamure is a [00:05.20]volunteer fireman [00:07.37] [00:10.37]He longs to give his life [00:13.42]Saving a nice old man and his wife [00:17.04]When their house is [00:18.25]filled with flames [00:20.76]Earning him honor and fame [00:25.14]Jacques Lamure is a foreman [00:27.95]at a clock factory [00:29.82] [00:32.07]He wishes he were boss [00:35.31]So he could fire that scoundrel William Moss [00:38.01] [00:39.01]Who always puts him down [00:42.69]When Megan Blanchard is around [00:44.19] [00:47.06]He told himself last year [00:48.43]that when springtime was here [00:49.94]He would suddenly appear at Meg's door [00:53.61]He'd rent a mariachi band and respectfully demand [00:57.17]His dear Meg to take his hand [00:59.16]And to be his forever more [01:01.32] [01:02.76]But of course he didn't dare [01:05.07]and pretended not to care [01:06.03] [01:08.22]About the insult or the loss [01:10.73] [01:11.92]When he found out she'd married William Moss [01:14.66] [01:25.41]Jacques Lamure goes to see a show [01:28.48]every other Friday night [01:29.01] [01:32.57]He likes the westerns best [01:35.44]He'd rather be a sheriff with a gold star on his chest [01:38.56] [01:39.24]Than that weird guy who never says a word [01:42.86]And when spoken to pretends he hadn't heard [01:45.36] [01:46.42]He realized one day that he didn't have to stay [01:50.16]That he could move as far away as planes could fly [01:53.54] [01:54.29]He chuckled as he mused [01:55.73]About the people who had rused him [01:57.85]And how shocked and confused that they would be [02:00.28]When he says goodbye and never turns around [02:04.73]Never returns to that miserable town [02:07.49]Then as weeks passed he soon did find [02:10.00] [02:12.25]This move had greatly improved his state of mind