Nadine-Big Harp

[ti:Nadine] [ar:Big Harp] [al:White Hat] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Nadine (纳丁) - Big Harp [00:07.94]She went off to california like in every other song [00:13.08]Every cautionary tale about a pretty little blonde [00:16.88]She bought a twenty dollar ticket on the C&NW line [00:21.53]But she didn't go [00:22.62]With sidewalk stars dancing in her mind [00:25.85] [00:27.69]And she didn't go with dreams [00:30.08]Of being hung up on the wall [00:32.25]As every lonely sailor's pretty posing pinup doll [00:36.49]She went off to california [00:38.48]But she didn't stay for long [00:40.91]It was just after the war [00:42.93]And her man had done her wrong [00:44.64] [01:04.20]Now her man back in dakota [01:06.48]Was a banty little gent [01:08.37]With i love you on his tongue [01:10.35]And eyes that said just what he meant [01:12.77]He had looks and charm to spare [01:14.95]He had a dozen little pets [01:17.28]And he'd draw them in and puff them [01:19.43]Out like cheapie cigarettes [01:21.23] [01:23.34]She was seventeen years old [01:25.67]When she fell into his arms [01:27.72]She was barely over running [01:29.72]Around barefoot on the farm [01:32.24]But he shoed her pretty feet [01:34.16]And he drove her into town [01:36.24]And they chased their gray dakota blues [01:38.80]And stomped them to the ground [01:40.53] [01:42.79]They say long arms keep a loose hold [01:47.76] [01:48.59]And everybody knows [01:50.27] [01:51.27]That if clear skies are coming [01:55.95] [01:56.61]Still the wind may blow [01:58.74] [01:59.26]You can never be sure [02:02.73] [02:04.15]Well they settled down in verdun [02:05.95]And they bought a little house [02:08.46]They tried to have a baby [02:10.52]But they couldn't work it out [02:12.64]So he started going drinking [02:14.58]Started slicking back his hair [02:16.83]Saying “babe you know i love you [02:19.33]But i need a little air” [02:20.97] [02:23.53]She knew what he was doing [02:25.62]And she knew she'd been a fool [02:27.60]Should have listened to her mama [02:29.75]When she told her love was cruel [02:32.18]But she wasn't one for crying [02:34.13]Went and pawned a pair of shoes [02:36.30]And came walking home barefoot [02:38.57]With a pearl-grip 22 [02:40.39] [02:43.84]Wearing a white dress [02:45.37]She went creeping through the cane [02:46.86] [02:47.90]Outside the soldier's addition in the rain [02:50.80] [02:51.84]Waiting for him to stagger [02:53.38]Home with some new soup-du-jour [02:55.99]He was looking to get laid [02:57.76]And man she laid him down for sure [03:00.39] [03:01.81]She went off to california like in every other song [03:06.29]With a new stain on her dress [03:08.38]And a man lying on the lawn [03:10.72]He was lying there [03:12.14]And cussing her and clutching at his leg [03:14.76]While she was waiting at the station [03:17.09]On a california train