歌曲名 Early Bird Cafe 歌手名 John Mellencamp

作词：Lane Tietgen

作曲：Lane Tietgen

Everybody's laughin' at the Early Bird Cafe

I've been hidden there since yesterday

And I believe I've lost my way

Charlotte's there in organdy

And billy's there in suede

There's money in their pockets

And all the dues are paid

There's wine on every table

And food on every plate

Well I hope I get there pretty soon

Before it gets too late

Someone asked me what time it was and I

Told him it was now

He asked me just what that might mean

But time would not allow

So I gave away my watch to a passing businessman

Well I hope he understands it now

Cause I've done the best I can

It was getting early

So I rushed away from there

With that ancient earth beneath my feet

And new dust in my hair

Well I ran on down the road a while to the other side of town

My clothes were gettin' wrinkled and my socks were fallin' down

But I could not stop to pull them up

For fear that I'd be late

So I kept on runnin' down the road until I saw the gate

Of the Early Bird Cafe glowin' golden like the sun

Everybody kept on singing saying

Come on in we've just begun

So I went right in and I set right down

And I ordered up some wine

The talk was fast clever

And the women all were fine

Charlotte asked me where I'd been with her jade and ivory eyes

I told her I'd been hung up

With some begger in disguise

Well she laughed like temple bells

Kissed me on the cheek and said

You know it's hard to be alive sometimes

But it's easy

To be dead