American Jerusalem-Shawn Colvin

[ti:American Jerusalem] [ar:Shawn Colvin] [al:All Fall Down] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]American Jerusalem - Shawn Colvin (肖恩·科尔) [00:04.74]New York City rain [00:12.73]Don't know if it's makin' me [00:16.84]Dirty or clean [00:17.97]Went for the subway but there was no train [00:26.64]And the tunnel was grumbling for repairs again [00:30.70]And the sign says welcome to American Jerusalem [00:42.46]I've been around [00:46.58]You could spend forever [00:48.32]Makin' a friend in this town [00:52.88]All you get to do [00:55.25]Is lay your dollar down [00:59.18]Until you're stumbling drunk up the stairs again [01:05.98]And the sign says welcome to American Jerusalem [01:12.16]In the temples of American Jerusalem [01:24.02]They buy an ounce of South African gold [01:27.58]They don't care who was bought or sold [01:35.70]Or who died to mine it [01:42.63]In the temples of American Jerusalem [01:48.24]They buy an ounce of Marseille white [01:54.48]Somewhere on a street with no light [02:00.04]Somebody dies tryin' it [02:08.02]Then somewhere in a crowd [02:11.41]Lookin' that kinda way [02:13.84]That'll make you turn around [02:17.54]There'll be somebody who knows [02:21.85]What it's about [02:23.53]And he'll take the ribbons from your hair again [02:25.53]And welcome you to American Jerusalem [02:36.88]In the alleys of American Jerusalem [03:20.72]The homeless lie down at the dawn [03:27.15]The pretty people wonder what they're on [03:32.58]And how they afford it [03:39.20]In the ashes of American Jerusalem [03:42.56]The prophets live their deaths out on the corner [03:51.05]The pretty people say there should've been a warnin' [03:56.60]But nobody heard it [04:01.97]Then shadows lick the sun [04:07.77]The streets are paved with [04:10.02]Footsteps on the run [04:13.95]Somebody musta got double [04:15.39]Cuz I got none [04:20.06]I forgot to collect my share again [04:26.30]So go west to breathe the cleansing air again [04:32.48]Go Niagara for your honeymoon again [04:38.60]Go on the road if you're gonna sing your tune again [04:44.40]Go out to sea and learn to be a man again [04:48.33]Until you come on home to American Jerusalem