Dress Of Laces (LP版)-Nanci Griffith

[ti:Dress Of Laces (LP版)] [ar:Nanci Griffith] [al:Other Voices Too] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dress Of Laces (LP版) - Nanci Griffith (南西·葛瑞芬) [00:14.63]And she has a dress of laces [00:17.81] [00:18.78]It's worn in many places [00:22.11]The shoulder hangs upon her by a thread [00:27.31] [00:29.53]And she has a need for sharin' [00:32.64] [00:33.39]For someone warm and carin' [00:36.39] [00:37.18]And no one sees a heart that's underfed [00:41.64] [00:45.47]Young girl in love [00:50.83] [00:52.95]Young girl in tears [00:57.03] [00:59.10]She hasn't seen the man she loves in years [01:05.53] [01:09.68]And her mother is a waitress [01:12.86] [01:13.37]At the harbour bar good graces [01:17.01]Where the seamen come a fishin' with their lines [01:22.25] [01:24.15]And it was one of them that caught her [01:27.68]And left her with a daughter [01:30.73] [01:31.51]Who lives with hate and loving him in mind [01:36.16] [01:40.21]Young girl in love [01:44.91] [01:47.30]Young girl in tears [01:51.59] [01:53.72]She hasn't seen the man she loves in years [02:00.11] [02:04.08]So the young girl goes to the water [02:07.22] [02:07.87]And she calls out for her father [02:10.72] [02:11.58]But she ain't seen the old man in some time [02:16.93] [02:18.85]Yes and he was always boastin' [02:21.90] [02:22.46]Just a drinkin' and a toastin' [02:25.53] [02:26.13]One day he left his family far behind [02:30.80] [02:34.66]Young girl in love [02:39.99] [02:41.84]Young girl in tears [02:45.71] [02:48.37]She hasn't seen the man she loves in years [02:54.57] [02:58.77]So the mother comes home a drinkin' [03:02.24]With a sailor who's a tinkin' out loud [03:07.04] [03:07.59]That he might stay with them awhile [03:10.63] [03:13.19]So she loads her mother's pistol [03:16.18] [03:16.89]And she shoots him as he whistles [03:19.85] [03:20.90]A song about a sailor's life in style [03:25.53] [03:29.41]Young girl in love [03:33.93] [03:36.33]Young girl in tears [03:41.02] [03:42.63]She kills the only man she's loved in years [03:48.33] [03:53.20]And with him dies her hopes her dreams her fears [03:59.40] [04:03.56]And she has a dress of laces [04:06.59] [04:07.35]It's worn in many places [04:11.02]The shoulder hangs upon her by a thread [04:16.35] [04:18.14]And she has a need for sharin' [04:21.25] [04:21.81]For someone warm and carin' [04:24.58] [04:25.45]And no one sees a heart that's underfed [04:30.03] [04:32.83]And no one sees a heart that's underfed