Torch Singer (Live)-John Prine

[ti:The Torch Singer(Live in Chicago, 1987) (Live)] [ar:John Prine] [al:In-Concert : The Lost Broadcasts(Live in Chicago, 1987)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Torch Singer (Live) - John Prine [00:02.98]Lyrics by：John Prine [00:05.97]The night club was burning [00:09.37]From the torch singer's song [00:12.71]And the sweat was floodin' her eyes [00:17.32]The catwalk squeaked [00:19.08]'Neath the bartender's feet [00:21.45]And the smoke was too heavy to rise [00:25.88]She sang of the love that I left her [00:30.11]And of the woman that she'll never be [00:34.44]You made me feel like the buck and a quarter [00:38.85]That I paid 'em to listen and see [00:42.56]I paid 'em to listen and see [00:54.43]I was born down in Kansas [00:57.62]'Neath the October sky [01:00.99]Work the day shift from seven to three [01:05.45]And the only relief that I receive [01:09.86]Where the nearer my God to thee [01:14.37]She constantly throws me off timing [01:18.45]Leaves me standing both naked and bare [01:22.75]Makes me feel like the sunday funnies [01:27.08]After everything's gone off the air [01:30.73]Everything's gone off the air [01:43.02]I picked through the ashes [01:45.80]Of the torch singer's song [01:49.11]And I ordered my money a round [01:53.85]For whiskey and pain [01:56.10]Both taste the same [01:58.38]During the time they go down [02:02.38]She sang of the love that I left her [02:06.66]And of the woman that she'll never be [02:10.92]You made me feel like the buck and a quarter [02:15.31]That I paid 'em to listen and see [02:19.16]I paid 'em to listen and see [02:29.57]Thank you