Rubin And Cherise-Jerry Garcia/Jerry Garcia Band

[00:00.000] 作词 : Robert Hunter [00:01.000] 作曲 : Jerry Garcia [00:03.722] [00:05.917]Cherise was brushing her long hair gently down [00:11.402]It was the afternoon of carnival [00:16.653]as she brushes it gently down [00:21.068]Rubin was strumming his painted mandolin [00:26.553]It was inlaid with a pretty face in jade [00:31.700]Played in the carnival parade [00:36.010]Cherise was dressing as Pirouette in white [00:41.678]when a fatal vision gripped her tight [00:46.746]Cherise beware tonight [00:51.291]Rubin, Rubin tell me truly true [00:56.751]I feel afraid and I don't know why I do [01:01.845]Is there another girl for you? [01:09.473]If you could see my heart [01:12.059]you would know it's true [01:14.253]there's none Cherise, except for you [01:18.433]except for you [01:22.194]I'd swear to it on my very soul [01:25.224]If I lie, may I fall down cold [01:31.938]When Rubin played on his painted mandolin [01:37.894]The breeze would pause to listen in [01:42.962]before going on its way again [01:47.115]Masquerade began when nightfall finally woke [01:52.888]Like waves against the bandstand dancers broke [01:57.747]to the painted mandolin [02:05.479]Looking out to the crowd, who is standing there [02:10.233]Sweet Ruby Claire at Rubin stared [02:14.387]At Rubin stared [02:18.148]She was dressed as Pirouette in red [02:20.970]And her hair hung gently down [02:28.310]The crowd pressed round Ruby stood as though alone [02:33.796]Rubin's song took on a different tone [02:38.707]and he played it just for her [02:42.991]The song he played was the Carnival Parade [02:48.712]Each note cut a thread of Cherise's fate [02:53.858]It cut through like a blade [02:58.560]Rubin was playing his painted mandolin [03:03.889]When Ruby froze and turned to stone [03:08.669]for the strings played all alone [03:13.267]The voice of Cherise from the face of the mandolin [03:18.805]Singing: Rubin, Rubin tell me true [03:23.716]for I have no one but you [03:31.265]If you could see my heart [03:33.877]you would know it true [03:36.046]There's none Cherise, except for you [03:40.225]except for you [03:43.961]I'd swear to it on my very soul [03:46.860]If I lie, may I fall down cold [03:53.992]The truth of love an unsung song must tell [03:59.660]The course of love must follow blind [04:04.545]without a look behind [04:09.169]Rubin walked the streets of New Orleans 'till dawn [04:14.576]Cherise so lightly in his arms [04:19.592]and her hair hung gently down [04:25.574]...