Clothes Line Saga-Bob Dylan/The Band

[00:00.00] 作词 : Bob Dylan [00:01.00] 作曲 : Bob Dylan [00:11.45]After a while we took in the clothes [00:11.98]Nobody said very much [00:13.31]Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants [00:15.97]Which nobody really wanted to touch [00:21.53]Mama come in and picked up a book [00:25.34]An’ Papa asked her what it was [00:30.16]Someone else asked, “What do you care?” [00:35.52]Papa said, “Well, just because” [00:41.16]Then they started to take back their clothes [00:47.23]Hang ’em on the line [00:49.72]It was January the thirtieth [00:55.53]And everybody was feelin’ fine [00:58.33] [01:00.86]The next day everybody got up [01:05.87]Seein’ if the clothes were dry [01:08.80]The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed [01:14.10]Mama, of course, she said, “Hi!” [01:18.81]“Have you heard the news?” he said, with a grin [01:22.66]“The Vice-President’s gone mad!” [01:27.42]“Where?” “Downtown.” “When?” “Last night” [01:32.44]“Hmm, say, that’s too bad!” [01:36.85]“Well, there’s nothin’ we can do about it,” said the neighbor [01:42.12]“It’s just somethin’ we’re gonna have to forget” [01:47.82]“Yes, I guess so,” said Ma [01:50.55]Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet [01:55.53] [01:57.19]I reached up, touched my shirt [02:00.71]And the neighbor said, “Are those clothes yours?” [02:06.66]I said, “Some of ’em, not all of ’em” [02:09.73]He said, “Ya always help out around here with the chores?” [02:15.07]I said, “Sometime, not all the time” [02:20.34]Then my neighbor, he blew his nose [02:26.48]Just as Papa yelled outside [02:30.06]“Mama wants you t’ come back in the house and bring them clothes” [02:38.41]Well, I just do what I’m told [02:41.22]So, I did it, of course [02:44.55]I went back in the house and Mama met me [02:49.61]And then I shut all the doors