Nobody's Listening-Willie Nelson

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Skip Denenberg/Dan "Bee" Spears [00:01.000] 作词 : Skip Denenberg/Dan "Bee" Spears [00:21.000]He was choking back the tears [00:25.000]As he tried to tell his wife [00:30.000]That the job he'd had for years [00:34.000]He'd worked hard all his life [00:40.000]That everything went south [00:44.000]And he couldn't meet the bills [00:49.000]And he had to sell the house [00:54.000]That his daddy built [00:59.000]And he'd ask how such a thing could be happening [01:09.000]But he was sure there was nobody listening [01:18.000]In the Gulf of Mexico [01:22.000]Near the town of New Orleans [01:27.000]Where all the tourists go [01:32.000]In this land of hopes and dreams [01:37.000]Then there came a killer storm [01:41.000]A devastating flood [01:46.000]And the people, they were warned [01:50.000]That it would turn their streets to mud [01:57.000]Sure enough, that storm took everything [02:07.000]And it was like there was nobody listening [02:16.000]In these days of change and mass communication [02:23.000]Seems like no one's plugged into the sounds of desperation [02:35.000]And they say the future's just an extension of the past [02:44.000]And history has knack of comin' back [03:13.000]Now the writer takes his pen [03:18.000]And he tries to find the words [03:22.000]Though time and time again [03:27.000]They often go unheard [03:32.000]And the singer sings his song [03:37.000]And he tries to impart [03:42.000]All the troubles goin' on [03:47.000]Weighin' heavy on his heart [03:52.000]But what good is the song that he has to sing [04:04.000]When nobody's listening? [04:11.000]But I know why he has to try to sing [04:20.000]'Cause he believes that somebody's listening