Mary's Eyes-Janis Ian

[ti:Mary's Eyes] [ar:Janis Ian] [al:Billie's Bones] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.24]Mary's Eyes - Janis Ian (珍妮斯·艾恩) [00:01.11]Written by：Janis Ian [00:01.76] [00:13.89]Mary's eyes are startling blue [00:15.90] [00:17.79]And her hair's newcastle gold [00:19.73] [00:21.41]And she walks the thin white line [00:24.10]Between the body and the soul [00:27.18] [00:28.52]She's as faithful to her history [00:30.81] [00:32.03]As a novice to his fast [00:34.24] [00:35.82]For she is standing on the bones [00:38.04] [00:38.82]Of ireland's past [00:40.14] [00:43.20]She is singing of the troubles [00:45.66] [00:46.78]And a fire in the land [00:48.97] [00:50.13]'Til I can almost feel the famine [00:53.33] [00:54.32]Slipping through my trembling hand [00:56.30] [00:58.13]And I wonder as I hear her [01:00.55] [01:01.50]That the spirit still shines through [01:03.64] [01:05.22]And she can reach across the ocean deep [01:08.50] [01:09.40]And break my heart in two [01:13.72] [01:27.31]Mary's wise as she is foolish [01:30.11] [01:31.14]She's as constant as the tide [01:33.39] [01:34.98]For it's a woman's heart that beats beneath [01:37.54] [01:38.66]That stubborn irish pride [01:40.56] [01:42.09]We are saints and we are sinners [01:44.54] [01:45.62]We are heroes we are thieves [01:47.87] [01:49.26]But we are all of us beginners [01:51.78] [01:53.10]On the road to galilee [01:54.99] [01:56.65]We are singing of the troubles [01:58.99] [02:00.12]And a fire in the land [02:02.17] [02:03.58]'Til I can almost feel the famine [02:06.61] [02:07.64]Slipping through my trembling hand [02:09.53] [02:11.46]And I wonder as I hear her [02:13.90] [02:14.72]That the spirit still shines through [02:17.09] [02:18.34]And she can reach across the ocean deep [02:21.62] [02:22.49]And break my heart in two [02:26.82] [02:41.32]So let us hoist a pint of silence [02:44.06] [02:45.50]To the east where ireland lies [02:47.82] [02:49.47]And we'll stare across the waters [02:51.86] [02:53.02]For a glimpse of mary's eyes [02:55.43] [02:57.10]We are ships without a harbour [02:59.61] [03:00.66]We are sailors on dry land [03:03.67] [03:05.27]And the song goes on forever [03:07.52] [03:09.65]Even though the record can't [03:11.72] [03:13.64]We are singing of the troubles [03:16.22] [03:17.36]And a fire in the land [03:19.54] [03:21.06]'Til I can almost feel the famine [03:24.06] [03:25.18]Slipping through my trembling hand [03:27.19] [03:28.94]And I wonder as I hear her [03:31.42] [03:32.47]How the spirit still shines through [03:34.83] [03:36.48]And she can reach across the ocean deep [03:39.88] [03:40.78]And break my heart in two