The Ballad of Miss Amelia-Suzanne Vega

[ti:The Ballad of Miss Amelia] [ar:Suzanne Vega] [al:Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson Mccullers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad of Miss Amelia (阿米莉亚小姐的歌谣) - Suzanne Vega (苏珊娜·薇格) [00:13.51]On any southern afternoon [00:16.61] [00:17.36]If anyone would care to look [00:20.60] [00:21.21]A face appears inside a house [00:24.18] [00:24.88]A terrible face [00:26.61]It is sexless [00:28.16]And white [00:28.91]It is dim [00:29.75]Like the faces [00:31.56]In dreams [00:33.47] [00:35.01]It's Miss Amelia [00:36.56] [00:37.73]Waiting by the window [00:39.05] [00:40.30]Remembering the laughing [00:42.29] [00:43.17]In the cafe down below [00:45.62] [00:50.14]Once Miss Amelia [00:51.17] [00:51.91]Married a man [00:52.72] [00:53.54]She married Marvin Macy [00:55.36]No one could understand [00:56.87]She must have done it for the presents [00:59.01]Cause she didn't like him much [01:00.37] [01:00.93]And even on their wedding night [01:03.00]She wouldn't let him touch [01:04.51]Well he hung around the doorways [01:06.51]Acting foolish with bliss [01:08.57]Until he came too close one day [01:10.57]She swung once with her fist [01:12.28]Miss Amelia was a strong woman [01:14.36]She was big and tall [01:16.05]Swung once and Marvin Macy [01:17.89]He fell against the wall [01:19.42] [01:21.88]Now Miss Amelia is [01:24.77]Sitting by the shutters [01:26.75] [01:27.60]Remembering the laughing [01:29.89] [01:30.65]In the cafe long ago [01:33.12] [01:38.95]After Marvin Macy [01:40.62]Had long gone away [01:41.79] [01:42.53]A little hunchback came to town [01:44.52]And this is strange to say [01:46.17]Miss Amelia who had never loved [01:48.24]She fell in love with him [01:49.77]He was a skipping little troublemaker [01:52.08]Still she took him in [01:53.31] [01:54.65]And so they lived together [01:58.04]And were happy for a time [02:01.94]And everybody came around [02:05.19] [02:05.84]They did drink and dine [02:08.45] [02:09.02]Miss Amelia made a whiskey [02:12.63]It was fine and it was rare [02:16.51]Would warm a man into his soul [02:19.56] [02:20.11]Show the writing there [02:23.30] [02:28.96]Miss Amelia's story [02:30.81]Is simple and sad [02:32.17] [02:33.01]Marvin Macy he returned to town [02:34.86]With all the evil that he had [02:36.60]The skipping little hunchback [02:37.91] [02:38.57]He was quite impressed [02:40.23]With Marvin Macy's history [02:42.32]Of robbery and the rest [02:44.14]I will not get specific [02:46.08]Just let it now be said [02:47.72]There was terrible light one night [02:49.75]Miss Amelia was ahead [02:51.81]Until the little hunchback [02:53.73]Jumped in on Marvin Macy's side [02:58.35] [03:00.23]Everybody all agreed [03:03.01] [03:03.84]That's the night the cafe died [03:07.86] [03:12.01]On any southern afternoon [03:14.98] [03:15.81]If anyone would care to look [03:18.92] [03:19.74]A face appears inside a house [03:22.70] [03:23.33]A terrible face [03:25.00]It is sexless and white [03:27.27]It is dim [03:28.43]Like the faces [03:29.97]In dreams [03:32.61] [03:35.08]It's Miss Amelia [03:36.77] [03:37.47]Waiting by the window [03:39.23] [03:40.26]Remembering the laughing [03:42.34] [03:43.02]In the cafe down below [03:45.42] [03:46.76]It's Miss Amelia [03:48.09] [03:49.06]Sitting by the shutters [03:51.07] [03:51.92]Remembering the laughing [03:54.56]In the cafe long ago