Not A Drop Of Rain-Robert Earl Keen

[ti:Not A Drop Of Rain] [ar:Robert Earl Keen] [al:Live from Austin TX] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Not A Drop Of Rain (不是雨滴) - Robert Earl Keen (罗伯特·伯爵基恩) [00:13.19]Streets are almost empty shops are closed down [00:17.49]There's not a soul left in the bar to tell my troubles to [00:21.62]Think I'll walk down to the river that runs just south of town [00:26.35]I hate like hell when there ain't nothin' left to do [00:30.12] [00:30.83]But stand beneath the river bridge and listen for the train [00:37.34] [00:39.18]It's been a long hot summer not a drop of rain [00:44.05] [00:46.94]I broke down in December [00:48.52] [00:49.47]I headed for the coast [00:51.04] [00:51.71]I thought the wind and water would elevate my mind [00:55.88]I surfaced in the springtime feelin' like a ghost [01:00.55]Missin' more than ever the things I left behind [01:04.52]Now I'm standin' on this riverbank and still cannot explain [01:11.13] [01:12.99]It's been a long hot summer not a drop of rain [01:18.08] [01:20.77]My bag is full of letters unopened and unread [01:25.13]I'm sure they'd tell the story of worry and of form [01:29.65]My heart is beating heavy with all we left unsaid [01:34.11]I swear to you I never meant you any harm [01:38.00] [01:38.70]But sacrifice and compromise could never stand the strain [01:44.06] [01:46.95]It's been a long hot summer not a drop of rain [01:51.93] [01:55.12]Tonight I'll close my eyes again and try to see your face [01:58.88] [01:59.47]And listen for your voice to tell me it's alright to sleep [02:03.75]Convince myself I'll wake up in another time and place [02:07.93] [02:08.68]Knowin' all the while that it's a promise I can't keep [02:13.13]A string of broken promises another link of chain [02:18.78] [02:21.09]It's been a long hot summer not a drop of rain [02:26.53] [02:29.09]The children on the playground the lovers in the shade [02:33.35]Remind me of a life and time that feels more like a dream [02:37.66]When the sound of love and laughter was the music that we played [02:42.28]As we lay beside the waters of a never ending stream [02:46.76]Now the stream has gone to hiding the dream lives on in vain [02:52.59] [02:55.23]It's been a long hot summer not a drop of rain [03:00.20] [03:12.33]The clouds are building slowly on the skyline to the east [03:16.10] [03:16.75]The wind and dust are dancing like the devil across the lake [03:21.04]I could try to find a bottle or try to find a priest [03:25.71]Salvation won't be traveling either road I take [03:30.01]So I turn my collar to the wind that echoes this refrain [03:37.26] [03:40.76]It's been a long hot summer not a drop of rain