12-26-Kimya Dawson

[00:00.00]12/26-Kimya Dawson [00:00.000] 作曲 : Kimya Dawson [00:01.560]One of her babies is rotting in the sun [00:03.378]And the other one was [00:04.752]Found drowned in the ocean [00:06.62]Her mom and dad are in [00:07.255]Their van crushed and bloated [00:09.60]And her husband was thrown [00:10.505]From his fishing boat [00:11.817]So please give me a break [00:13.562]From all your complaining [00:15.144]About who was mean to you [00:16.576]And how your stepdad is a pain [00:18.14]I care i swear [00:19.329]But i just can't take it not today [00:21.572]All i can think about are [00:22.888]Tsunamis and earthquakes [00:24.258]Everything she's ever [00:26.571]Known is gone gone gone [00:30.576]Everyone she's ever [00:32.638]Loved is gone gone gone [00:36.447]The only reason she's alive is [00:39.572]She grabbed a palm frond and held on [00:48.320]And held on [00:54.883]You can call me crazy [00:56.71]But it seems to me we could [00:57.640]Have sent more than we spend [00:59.13]In one day killing iraqis [01:00.320]To help the hundreds of thousands [01:01.825]Who are injured and diseased [01:03.634]And hungry and homeless and without families [01:06.320]I'm appalled [01:07.196]By our government's initial reaction [01:09.388]And the fact that they asked [01:11.11]For a verbal retraction [01:12.201]From the folks who called them stingy [01:14.76]They're just covering their assets [01:15.508]Well they thank their greedy god [01:17.803]For wiping out the lower class [01:19.468]Everything she's ever known is gone gone gone [01:24.898]Everyone she's ever loved is gone gone gone [01:31.515]The only reason she's alive is [01:33.957]She grabbed a palm frond and held on [01:42.955]And held on [01:49.671]One of her babies is rotting in the sun [01:52.114]And the other one was found drowned in the ocean [01:55.770]Her mom and dad are in their [01:57.25]Van crushed and bloated [01:58.420]And her husband was thrown [01:59.792]From his fishing boat [02:01.357]We'd have 12/26tattooed [02:03.352]Across our foreheads [02:04.414]If something this atrocious happened [02:06.232]On our coast instead [02:07.417]Well a tragedy's a tragedy [02:08.663]No matter where it happens [02:10.357]Close your eyes really tight and imagine [02:13.44]That everything you've ever known is gone [02:20.235]And everything you've ever loved is gone [02:26.103]And the only reason [02:27.733]You're alive is you were lucky [02:30.478]And you were strong enough to hold on [02:37.39]While you watched your family die [02:43.733]While you watched your family die [02:49.611]While you watched your family die [02:55.736]While you watched your family die [03:04.249]Everything she's ever known is gone gone gone [03:10.249]Everyone she's ever loved is gone gone gone [03:16.688]The only reason she's alive is [03:19.939]She grabbed a palm frond and held on [03:29.01]And held on