Then Came The Children-Jerry Jeff Walker

[ti:Then Came The Children] [ar:Jerry Jeff Walker] [al:Gypsy Songman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Then Came The Children - Jerry Jeff Walker (杰里·杰夫·沃克) [00:13.49]Well come gather around me friends of mine [00:16.30] [00:16.98]While I sing to you about a minstrel band [00:20.60] [00:23.85]Of children in their witches hats [00:26.03] [00:26.97]Painting pictures with the pipes of pan [00:30.46] [00:33.77]How a young boy and his sister played some tunes [00:38.01] [00:38.64]Upon a whistle made of tin [00:41.18] [00:43.67]And led me through the flower gardens [00:46.92]Laughing at the postman's stubby chin [00:50.01] [00:53.75]And in my dizzy stupor [00:56.12]I was trying to forfeit all I'd known [01:04.23]And listen to that music [01:06.61]That could swirl me in a magic all it's own [01:09.68] [01:29.97]But somewhere in the distance [01:31.90] [01:32.96]You and I we fought our monsters to a draw [01:36.40] [01:39.64]It was in those days of books and wine [01:42.32] [01:42.88]With Ferlin Getty grasping for a straw [01:46.13] [01:49.56]And out along the highways [01:51.56] [01:52.87]We journeyed far to find that mystic smile [01:57.12] [01:59.80]Chasing down identities [02:02.36]My God we must have run a million miles [02:07.78] [02:12.90]So we can teach the children [02:14.40] [02:14.96]Nothing nothing but survival in the desert bare [02:19.08] [02:22.39]They can teach us how to laugh [02:25.07]How to love and tie bright ribbons in our hair [02:29.19] [02:31.93]So sing for us you children [02:33.93] [02:34.81]Tinkle bells and rhyme the purple [02:37.55] [02:38.36]Greens and blues [02:39.99] [02:42.10]Think of us as fighting fools [02:44.97]Who wintered through our seasons loving you [02:48.41] [03:02.14]Think of us as fighting fools [03:04.69]Who wintered through our seasons loving you [03:08.07] [03:21.17]Cause you can teach us how to laugh [03:24.22]How to love and tie bright ribbons in our hair