[00:00.00] 作曲 : Caroline Herring[00:00.84]I had a few more questions[00:05.04]I never knew to ask[00:08.70]You were feeling downhearted[00:10.62]The last time we parted[00:16.17]With a shock of white hair[00:19.95]Life has changed a lot you know[00:23.22]And I'm kind of scared of that[00:27.78]It bottoms out in seconds flat[00:35.28]You said you had a good friend[00:38.76]He died so needlessly[00:42.81]Knocked over by a garbage truck[00:46.02]They threw him down[00:47.28]Then they picked him up[00:50.10]And your son was back home again[00:53.58]Your little boy and his children[00:57.78]He's fighting off a mean disease[01:01.53]That's killing off his faculties[01:06.48]Tell me a little joke[01:10.14]Let's play the dozens[01:14.49]Say something about my mama[01:17.07]In a veiled quadrille round[01:21.96]I'm just a white girl from a segregated town[01:29.34]And I'm looking for some answers[01:34.50]That I haven't found[01:41.31]I remember Memphis[01:44.19]Like it was yesterday[01:47.94]And a Ford station wagon[01:51.39]So full of us it was dragging[01:55.35]With your books in our grasping hands[01:58.89]We heard you speak[02:00.42]We made our plans[02:03.15]To hoist the flag and rule the world[02:06.96]All the hopes we had unfurled[02:11.76]Tell me a little joke[02:15.45]Let's play the dozens[02:19.74]Say something about my mama[02:23.79]In a veiled quadrille round[02:27.15]I'm just a white girl from a segregated town[02:34.53]And I'm looking for some answers[02:40.74]That I haven't found[02:51.87]I want to be just like you[02:52.41]I want to love first, I do[02:58.02]Look people in the eye[03:02.04]Make them feel good[03:05.91]Then I'll make them think[03:07.41]Just like you would[03:18.06]Y'all were off on a night stroll[03:21.75]Down the capitol boulevards[03:25.23]You were emboldening another son[03:29.55]Of this grand nation[03:33.12]I would vote for you for president[03:36.90]But you're floating with the butterflies[03:41.13]Soaring with the seagulls[03:44.28]Or the eagle as he takes the skies[03:52.32]Let's eat some democratic soup[03:55.95]And Eastern Market cheese[03:59.58]Meals with you and Cornelia[04:03.69]Were my most precious memories[04:07.59]I don't know what the hell to do[04:09.51]Please give me a little tap[04:15.39]Tell me I can take it[04:16.83]That I won't bottom out in seconds flat