Broken Man's Lament-Emmylou Harris

[ti:Broken Man's Lament] [ar:Emmylou Harris] [al:All I Intended To Be] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Broken Man's Lament - Emmylou Harris (爱美萝·哈里斯) [00:01.81]I was once a broken man [00:04.25]I was once a broken fool [00:09.00] [00:10.62]Lost my wife and children [00:12.94]To one basic broken rule [00:16.81]Now I live my life in silence [00:19.44]Though I'm not quite in a shell [00:25.39]I drink and listen to that song [00:27.14]A whiter shade of pale [00:30.20]Oh a whiter shade of pale [00:31.39] [00:36.28]I was a good shade tree mechanic [00:39.09]So I sent myself to school [00:42.98]They smoothed out my rough edges [00:46.11]In my hands they put new tools [00:48.49] [00:49.54]The instructor once he told me [00:52.92]I could work on any line [00:54.86] [00:57.99]I could tune and make a diesel sing [01:01.86]Just like Patsy Cline [01:05.17]Oh just like Patsy Cline [01:14.17]Well I met my wife to be [01:17.11]Through my mother's best friend son [01:20.73]She'd been a barroom singer [01:23.74]She was as good as anyone [01:27.93]But I asked her to stop singing [01:31.86]And the girl she did not flinch [01:34.49]Next day she went and bought that man [01:38.62]A brand new crescent wrench [01:40.93]Oh a brand new crescent wrench [01:51.11]Well we had three fine children [01:54.12]As eight years went on by [01:58.61]I learned to supervise a line [02:01.11]My knuckles stayed bone dry [02:04.48]But after supper I kept hearing her [02:07.49]By the kitchen radio [02:10.42] [02:12.61]Singing sweet but desperate harmony [02:15.55] [02:16.23]A little bit too low [02:18.80] [02:19.67]Oh a little bit too low [02:22.05] [02:28.67]She left three months later [02:31.86]I'd just come home for lunch [02:35.99]The note said easy come hard go [02:39.17]But still love you much [02:42.48]She said I don't know if I'll be back [02:45.48]Or if you'll want me if I come [02:49.86]But if and when that happens dear [02:52.30]You better let my sweet dream run [02:55.42]Oh let my sweet dream run [02:57.28] [03:29.06]I was a good shade tree mechanic [03:31.94]So I sent myself to school [03:36.44]They smoothed out my rough edges [03:39.63]In my hands they put new tools [03:43.44]The instructor once he told me [03:44.64] [03:46.44]I could work on any line [03:51.69]But now a diesel ain't the only thing [03:55.27]Can sing like Patsy Cline [03:56.58] [03:58.02]Oh can sing like Patsy Cline [04:03.83]I was once a broken man [04:07.45]I was once a broken fool [04:11.15]Lost my wife and children [04:14.52]To one basic broken rule [04:18.02]Now I live my life in silence [04:21.34]Though I'm not quite in a shell [04:27.39]I drink and listen to that song [04:30.58]A whiter shade of pale [04:34.65]Oh a whiter shade of pale