Stranger Candy-Jim White

[ti:Stranger Candy] [ar:Jim White] [al:A Funny Little Cross to Bear - Live EP] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stranger Candy - Jim White (吉姆·怀特) [00:13.93]Back in 1967 [00:16.38] [00:17.53]I was watching a TV show [00:20.08] [00:20.94]When the glowing screen went blank [00:23.71] [00:24.61]I looked out of my window [00:27.22] [00:27.96]I saw 27 crows perched on my antenna [00:34.31] [00:35.37]In the glass a familiar face appeared [00:38.57]A man whose name I don't remember [00:43.84] [00:49.01]'Cause that mother's milk is dandy [00:53.60] [00:55.67]When you're a little baby [01:00.58] [01:02.10]But as the wheels of time grind you down [01:08.83]You get a taste for that stranger candy [01:17.21] [01:28.86]Then in December of 81 [01:31.44] [01:32.00]I saw my dear old friend John [01:34.95] [01:35.49]He was fall-down drunk at the Christmas parade [01:39.03]With his children looking on [01:41.23] [01:42.31]His wife she'd lost her mind [01:45.18]She was committed for a time [01:47.96] [01:48.66]She took refuge when they set her free [01:52.15]In some weird eastern philosophy [01:56.68] [02:02.03]'Cause that mother's milk is dandy [02:06.59] [02:08.72]When you're a little baby [02:13.92] [02:14.92]But as the wheels of time grind you down [02:21.46]You get a taste for that stranger candy [02:29.65] [02:41.03]And this life they say is hard [02:45.30] [02:46.24]But still it's all you know [02:49.15] [02:54.08]You can close your eyes and try to run away [02:58.47] [02:59.21]But pray where will you go [03:01.91] [03:06.89]Yeah this life is all you know [03:10.73] [03:12.15]Death is dark and strange [03:15.43] [03:19.69]It's the near and worrisome voice you hear [03:24.46]Forever calling out your name [03:27.57] [03:32.80]As I was walking down the street [03:35.94]Last week in Portland Oregon [03:39.14]I found the last of many keys I lost [03:43.01]I picked it up and I grinned [03:45.50] [03:46.01]'Cause sometimes them crows take flight [03:49.45]And if you can shoo 'em from your brain [03:52.08] [03:52.74]You will find yourself in the nick of time [03:56.19]Calling the devil by his name [04:00.77] [04:06.23]'Cause that mother's milk is dandy [04:10.95] [04:13.14]When you're a little baby [04:18.31] [04:19.16]But as the wheels of time grind you down [04:25.64]You get a taste just a little taste [04:37.05]For that stranger candy [04:40.06] [04:43.82]Stranger candy