Before the Eyes of Storytelling Girls-Anaïs Mitchell

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:21.77]I could tell you stories like the government tells lies [00:25.94]Oh [00:26.56]But no one listens any more [00:30.50]In the rooms the women come and go [00:33.50]Talking on the mobile phones [00:34.82]And the television talks about the war [00:40.73]When I was a baby there was laughter in my house [00:44.91]And my daddy smoked domestic cigarettes [00:49.84]Thursday nights on the radio live in concert [00:54.05]Live from Cairo [00:56.05]Mother of Egypt [01:00.03]Mama [01:01.13]Mama [01:02.04]Be with me [01:03.58]With the music in your breast [01:06.47]In your glittering evening dress [01:08.90]And the white flag in your fist trembling [01:33.86]I could tell you stories like the past was dead and gone [01:38.16]But I know nothing changes in this world [01:42.80]Every day the muezzin calls [01:45.15]Sun comes up and Baghdad falls [01:47.79]Before the eyes of storytelling girls [01:52.69]She was just a poor man's daughter [01:57.20]Going down into the sultan's bed [02:02.35]He was desert [02:04.50]She was a water [02:06.72]And he remembered every word she said [02:09.87]She said and I say [02:11.35]Grandma [02:12.39]Grandma [02:13.69]Be with me [02:15.53]In your tragic wedding gown [02:18.10]With your long hair hanging down [02:20.50]And the stories tumbling out [02:22.67]Tumbling [02:35.72]I could tell you stories like the government tells lies [02:39.87]Oh [02:40.09]But no one listens any more [02:44.50]In the rooms the women come and go [02:47.60]Talking on the mobile phones [02:48.88]And the television talks about the war [02:52.67]About the war [02:54.20]And the television talks about the war