the berries and the plums (feat. Ching Valdes-Aran & Henry Stram) - Dave Malloy/Ching Valdes-Aran.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Dave Malloy
[00:00.738] 作曲 : Dave Malloy
[00:01.477]SUSAN
[00:03.484]​i spent the whole day on the dusty floor
[00:05.189]​reading every page
[00:08.113]​it was the story of my grandmama and grandpapa:
[00:11.480]​how they met and fell in love
[00:13.479]​and how they parted as they were fleeing latvia—
[00:16.636]​russians on one side, nazis on the other
[00:20.712]​a hay truck escape
[00:23.378]​as the berries and plums of their orchard
[00:25.384]​were bursting with ​ripeness
[00:29.358]​(as grandmother takes the stage and sings, grandfather appears, working at a forgе.)
[00:31.601]GRANDMOTHER
[00:33.958]​a summer day
[00:36.902]​wooden fencе against a clear blue sky
[00:42.519]​flowers and bees
[00:45.834]​burnt yellow grass beneath white birch trees
[00:52.451]​a hay truck is waiting
[00:55.724]​there’s no room for our bags
[00:59.687]​cannon fire coming closer
[01:03.094]​his eyes so far away
[01:09.797]​he lays me down in the hay
[01:13.751]​rests his fingers upon my cheek
[01:18.792]​smiles so sweetly
[01:24.095]​as he breaks my heart
[01:29.149]​and says
[01:29.504]GRANDFATHER
[01:29.804]​i can’t leave yet
[01:36.445]​the berries and the plums
[01:38.591]​their harvest time has come
[01:40.171]​you must sail away without me
[01:44.989]​and i’ll come and find you both
[01:46.983]​when all the work i have is done
[01:49.429]​some day
[01:52.383]​when all my troubles here are over
[01:58.171]GRANDMOTHER
[02:00.767]​he always had a darkness
[02:04.310]​demons lurking underneath his skin
[02:10.174]​everyone knew
[02:13.004]​the sadness he hid behind a grin
[02:20.017]​late nights in the barn
[02:22.645]​pounding metal, drinking wine
[02:26.541]​stumbling through the smoke
[02:30.704]​burning his arm against the forge
[02:37.343]​i’d listen at the door
[02:40.814]​hear his screams and sobs
[02:46.139]​and whisper to the child inside of me
[02:51.439]​help me pray for him
[02:55.557]GRANDFATHER & SUSAN
[02:57.578]​i can’t leave yet
[03:02.541]GRANDFATHER
[03:02.844]​the berries and the plums
[03:05.031]​their harvest time has come
[03:06.685]​you must sail away without me
[03:11.441]​and i’ll come and find you both
[03:13.434]​when all the work i have is done
[03:15.334]GRANDFATHER & SUSAN
[03:15.627]​some day
[03:18.794]​when all my troubles here are over
[03:24.864]GRANDMOTHER
[03:25.096]​oh what a roman it would make
[03:31.592]​and though i knew
[03:32.605]​that the harvest would go unpicked
[03:35.973]​that my love had given up on himself
[03:41.902]​that he had lost his fight
[03:50.212]​i kiss him on the neck
[03:55.133]​right under his ear
[04:00.803]​knowing it’s the last time
[04:05.254]​and the last thing i’ll hear is
[04:10.333]ALL
[04:11.005]​i can’t leave yet
[04:16.598]​the berries and the plums
[04:18.932]​their harvest time has come
[04:20.971]​you must sail away without me
[04:25.742]​and i’ll come and find you both
[04:27.691]​when all the work i have is done
[04:30.229]​some day
[04:33.436]​when all my troubles here are over
[04:38.979]GRANDFATHER & SUSAN
[04:39.291]​some day
[04:43.030]​when all my troubles here are over