Belle of the Blues-Janis Ian

[ti:Belle of the Blues] [ar:Janis Ian] [al:Aftertones] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.13]Belle of the Blues (贝尔蓝调) - Janis Ian (珍妮斯·艾恩) [00:01.18]Written by：Janis Ian [00:01.94] [00:10.39]I'm the belle of the blues [00:16.70]And it's easy to see [00:19.17] [00:20.17]If I win or I lose [00:26.10] [00:27.24]It's all one to me [00:29.33] [00:30.39]I was born on a shelf in the rare books library [00:39.12] [00:40.08]I reside by myself with my books and my TV [00:49.97] [00:51.52]I'm an old age pension for the fossilized routine [00:59.77] [01:01.57]Anybody for nostalgia [01:04.13] [01:05.31]Put a record on and see [01:09.13] [01:09.93]Here's a memory of olden days [01:14.99] [01:16.44]And a heartbreak grown cold [01:18.91] [01:21.21]All that glitters isn't gold [01:23.69] [01:24.90]You get no love for free [01:30.00]You live and you die [01:34.71] [01:35.26]And I'll probably throw it away [01:39.17] [01:40.87]But in the end it's mine [01:42.54] [01:43.81]And nobody has a right to say [01:48.57] [01:49.31]Go down lightly go down silently [01:58.64] [02:00.17]I'll go down screaming [02:03.01]Give it back it belongs to me [02:09.06]I'm the belle of the blues [02:13.54]I'm used to mingling [02:17.80] [02:18.44]With the crème de la crème of higher society [02:26.82] [02:28.15]I promise them roses [02:31.09] [02:32.73]And an eight by ten of me [02:34.96] [02:37.66]But when the party's over [02:40.33] [02:41.51]They're all too glad to leave [02:46.47] [02:47.18]Their children sing of sorrow [02:50.81] [02:51.66]It's the same old routine [02:55.13]They've begged and they've borrowed [02:59.96]Someone else's misery [03:03.86] [03:05.44]It's an easy act to follow [03:08.71] [03:10.31]At least an easy one for me [03:12.74] [03:15.39]Give me my tomorrows [03:17.39] [03:17.97]You can have my memories [03:23.42]Souvenirs from an old fashioned school [03:32.23] [03:33.36]Plays coquette on the pillow [03:35.96] [03:36.62]Like an old fashioned fool [03:41.56]Go down lightly [03:46.67]Go down silently [03:50.59] [03:51.73]You go down lonely [03:54.98] [03:56.88]You go down like me