Don't Pick A Fight With A Poet-Madeleine Peyroux

[ti:Don't Pick A Fight With A Poet] [ar:Madeleine Peyroux] [al:Standing On The Rooftop] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Pick A Fight With A Poet - Madeleine Peyroux (玛黛琳·蓓荷) [00:07.16]When you're walking on the street [00:09.04] [00:11.34]And the people that you meet [00:13.32] [00:15.09]Make you want to start a big fight [00:17.81] [00:19.03]'Cause they talk as if they're so right [00:22.30] [00:22.86]There is one thing to remember [00:25.78] [00:26.76]In case you haven't heard [00:29.70] [00:30.81]You can kill a mighty emperor [00:33.82]But you cannot smite a word [00:37.14] [00:38.97]So don't pick a fight with a poet [00:45.27] [00:48.27]Don't raise your hand on a whim [00:52.77] [00:55.04]Whether it's wrong or it's right [00:58.91] [00:59.81]There's a lesson in life [01:03.40]And to learn it [01:05.06] [01:05.75]You have to give in [01:09.03] [01:10.96]'Cause the poet knows [01:13.83] [01:15.12]You can't win [01:16.29] [01:18.34]When you're twitching at the bar [01:20.21] [01:22.09]No one knows who you are [01:24.45] [01:25.96]And you want to prove them all wrong [01:29.30] [01:30.34]You think you are so strong [01:33.85]You can try to make them listen [01:35.51] [01:37.57]You can try to be the boss [01:40.63] [01:41.85]But the story teller is the one [01:45.52] [01:46.25]Who calls the toss [01:47.51] [01:49.63]So don't pick a fight with a poet [01:56.04] [01:58.72]Don't raise your hand on a whim [02:03.66] [02:05.55]Whether it is wrong or it's right [02:08.87] [02:10.02]There'll be a lesson tonight [02:13.20] [02:14.27]And to learn it [02:16.26]You'll have to give in [02:19.58] [02:21.60]'Cause a poet knows [02:24.71] [02:25.75]You can't win [02:28.33] [02:30.97]Over there in the corner [02:33.35] [02:34.66]With a cheshire grin [02:36.37] [02:37.58]Making rhyme out of broken hearts [02:40.33]Cryin' the hymn [02:42.99] [02:44.03]And two tokes from a good time [02:47.23] [02:48.42]A toast away from fist flying [02:52.06] [02:52.63]Congregating the world [02:55.17]With a paper and pen [02:59.01] [03:42.23]So don't pick a fight with a poet [03:48.84] [03:51.36]Don't raise your hand on a whim [03:55.78] [03:57.89]Whether it's wrong or right [04:02.39] [04:03.00]There's a lesson in life [04:05.88]And to learn it [04:07.98] [04:08.87]You'll have to give in [04:11.23] [04:13.69]'Cause a poet knows [04:17.85]You can't win