Danny’s Downs-Peter, Paul & Mary

[ti:Danny's Downs] [ar:Peter, Paul & Mary] [al:Songs Of Conscience And Concern] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Danny’s Downs - Peter, Paul & Mary (彼得、保罗与玛丽三重唱) [00:00.02]Written by：Blanchard/Michael Kelly [00:00.04] [00:13.22]On the day little Danny arrived [00:15.78] [00:17.00]His father stared and his mother cried [00:19.58] [00:20.86]They knew his name but they didn't know why [00:23.70] [00:24.78]He looked the way he did [00:26.57] [00:28.30]This happens to other kids [00:30.45] [00:31.49]How in the world are we gonna live [00:34.72]With a boy like that [00:37.22] [00:40.71]Doctor said Dan's the first bad news [00:43.69] [00:44.52]Second is his heart won't make it through [00:47.11] [00:48.25]It must be fixed unless you choose [00:51.55]To send him back where he came [00:54.71] [00:56.16]Starve the boy from his name [00:59.25] [01:00.00]Just six short days of pain [01:02.94]Or maybe less [01:05.64] [01:08.16]Danny's downs but love is up [01:11.02] [01:12.07]It's been known to be more than enough [01:15.21]For more and more of us [01:17.76] [01:21.85]Danny's downs but love is up [01:27.97] [01:37.31]I'm not that strong his father said [01:39.99] [01:41.26]The dreams are gone the hopes have fled [01:43.79] [01:44.86]Won't be long after he's dead [01:47.58] [01:48.74]We'll try again to find [01:50.74] [01:53.09]The child we had in mind [01:54.78] [01:55.81]Where the hell are those papers to sign [01:58.40] [01:58.92]And the man broke down [02:02.03] [02:04.35]In a private room Danny's mother wept [02:06.79] [02:07.82]As an old Jamaican woman swept [02:11.05] [02:12.13]And not by chance their eyes met [02:15.06]She said [02:15.92]God's gifts are only good you know [02:17.62] [02:19.38]And there ain't no love the Lord can't grow [02:21.73] [02:22.79]Aw honey take that boy with ya when ya go [02:27.92]Back home [02:31.76]Danny's downs but love is up [02:35.05]It's been known to be more than enough [02:38.94]For more and more of us [02:41.52] [02:45.56]Danny's downs but love is up [02:50.27] [03:09.01]It's been eight years since the surgery [03:11.49] [03:12.81]His sister's 5 his brother's 3 [03:15.70] [03:16.59]He goes to school and he knows how to read [03:19.33] [03:20.48]He takes the bus home by himself [03:22.52] [03:23.77]Puts his lunch pail back upon the shelf [03:25.69] [03:27.58]And he hugs his mama till she melts [03:31.55]To the floor [03:33.00] [03:36.14]They're more than a home they're a family [03:38.51] [03:40.10]'Cause blood and bones are still souls you see [03:42.92] [03:43.95]And someone's baby's just another Danny [03:47.92]And in the guest room in the back [03:49.92] [03:50.95]Lives this old Jamaican black [03:53.79] [03:54.65]'Cause when you give a gift [03:56.50]God gives it back again [04:02.82] [04:03.52]Danny's downs but love is up [04:06.50] [04:07.28]It's been known to be more than enough [04:10.53]For more and more and more [04:12.71]And more and more and more of us [04:15.47] [04:16.92]Danny's downs but love is up