Tasting History-Al Stewart

[ti:Tasting History] [ar:Al Stewart] [al:Down In The Cellar] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tasting History - Al Stewart (阿尔·史蒂伍德) [00:24.35]Stephanie's father came here from Alsace [00:28.66] [00:30.03]He bought a grey Victorian house [00:32.92]Filled with colored glass [00:34.49] [00:35.54]He kept his old wine bottles [00:37.47] [00:38.35]In a cellar down below [00:40.23] [00:41.29]On Friday nights he takes some out [00:44.22]And stands them in a row [00:46.03] [00:46.99]And all that he said [00:48.81] [00:50.05]All of us there were tasting history [00:53.27] [01:09.93]Those perfume-laden liquids [01:11.63] [01:12.93]Whatever they might be [01:14.43] [01:15.55]He dispensed them like a chemist [01:17.51] [01:18.20]From the sixteenth century [01:19.58] [01:21.20]Then leaned back in his armchair [01:23.20] [01:24.01]With understated glee [01:25.75] [01:26.94]While we tripped upon our tongues [01:29.25] [01:29.81]To trace their ancestry [01:31.38] [01:32.69]And all that he said [01:34.46] [01:35.77]All of us there were tasting history [01:39.36] [01:44.55]And all through the night [01:46.11] [01:46.99]In glass-filtered light tasting history [01:50.27] [02:41.63]Stephanie went to Egypt [02:43.13] [02:44.33]To an excavation site [02:45.90] [02:47.21]And works beneath the Pharaoh's moon [02:49.52] [02:50.16]Deep into the night [02:51.59] [02:52.79]Her Dad still opens Chambertin [02:54.67] [02:55.22]As the candle burns away [02:57.23] [02:58.41]It was the favorite of Napoleon [03:00.19] [03:00.87]That's what he liked to say [03:03.06] [03:04.48]And all through the night [03:06.08] [03:06.95]All of us there were tasting history [03:10.44] [03:15.35]All through the night [03:17.29] [03:18.47]In glass-filtered light tasting history [03:22.28] [03:49.69]All through the night [03:51.56] [03:52.64]In glass-filtered light tasting history