The Stranger Song (Album Version)-Leonard Cohen

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Leonard Cohen [00:04.72]It's true that all the men you knew were dealers [00:08.62]Who said they were through with dealing [00:11.09]Every time you gave them shelter [00:15.34]I know that kind of man [00:17.59]It's hard to hold the hand of anyone [00:20.18]Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender. [00:25.56]Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender. [00:31.87]And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind [00:35.70]You find he did not leave you very much [00:38.90]Not even laughter [00:42.26]Like any dealer he was watching for the card [00:46.34]That is so high and wild [00:48.13]He'll never need to deal another [00:52.56]He was just some joseph looking for a manger [00:57.57]He was just some joseph looking for a manger. [01:03.75]And then leaning on your window sill [01:06.52]He'll say one day you caused his will [01:09.14]To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter [01:14.13]And then taking from his wallet [01:16.67]An old schedule of trains, he'll say [01:19.27]I told you when I came I was a stranger [01:24.61]I told you when I came I was a stranger [01:30.96]But now another stranger seems to want you to ignore his dreams [01:36.14]As though they were the burden of some other [01:41.09]O you've seen that man before [01:43.36]His golden arm dispatching cards [01:45.82]But now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger [01:51.51]And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter [01:56.55]Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter. [02:02.65]Now you hate to watch another tired man [02:06.10]Lay down his hand [02:07.55]Like he was giving up the holy game of poker [02:13.27]And while he talks his dreams to sleep [02:15.71]You notice theres a highway [02:18.19]That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder [02:23.25]It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder. [02:29.71]You tell him to come in sit down [02:32.28]But something makes you turn around [02:34.75]The door is open you can't close your shelter [02:39.91]You try the handle of the road [02:42.40]It opens do not be afraid [02:44.80]It's you my love, you who are the stranger [02:49.93]And it is you my love, you who are the stranger. [02:56.20]Well, I've been waiting, I was sure [02:58.74]We'd meet between the trains were waiting for [03:01.85]I think it's time to board another [03:06.62]Please understand, I never had a secret chart [03:10.45]To get me to the heart of this [03:12.81]Or any other matter [03:16.99]Well he talks like this [03:18.29]You don't know what he's after [03:21.75]When he speaks like this, [03:23.17]You don't know what he's after. [03:28.26]Let's meet tomorrow if you chose [03:30.83]Upon the shore, beneath the bridge [03:33.49]That they are building on some endless river [03:38.66]Then he leaves the platform [03:40.33]For the sleeping car that's warm [03:42.73]You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter [03:49.02]And it comes to you, he never was a stranger [03:54.28]And you say ok the bridge or someplace later. [04:00.52]And then sweeping up the jokers [04:02.69]That he left behind [04:04.44]You find he did not leave you very much [04:07.71]Not even laughter [04:11.00]Like any dealer he was watching for the card [04:15.02]That is so high and wild [04:16.98]He'll never need to deal another [04:21.24]He was just some joseph looking for a manger [04:26.26]He was just some joseph looking for a manger. [04:32.60]And leaning on your window sill [04:35.31]He'll say one day you caused his will [04:38.10]To weaken with your love and warmth and shelter [04:43.23]And then taking from his wallet [04:45.49]An old schedule of trains [04:47.82]He'll say I told you when I came I was a stranger [04:53.44]I told you when I came I was a stranger. [04:58.50]I told you when I came I was a stranger.