If I Were Brave (Live from Columbia Records Radio Hour - 1997) - Shawn Colvin

作词：S. Colvin

作曲：S. Colvin

All the happy couples

on their way to New Orleans

Reminding me of when we got along

They're only renting time

And space to fill up with their dreams

And dreams are what they'll have

when they have gone

How could it be that

I was born without a clue to carry on

And still it is the same now I am older

Armed with just a will

And then this love for singing songs

And minding less and less if I am colder

But I have this funny ache

And it's burning in my chest

And it spreads just like a fire inside my body

Is it something god left out in my spirit

Or my flesh

Would I be saved if

I were brave and had a baby

It was never clear what would come

Next but that's the risk and that's the test

And you were the only one so far to follow

And no one talks about

When one might stop and need to rest

How long you sit alone

Before you stop looking back

It's like you're waiting for Godot

And then you pick your sorry ass

up off the street and

Go

And what the hell is this

Who made this bloody mess

And someone always answers like a martyr

Is it something you should know

Did you never do your best

Would you be saved if you were brave

And just tried harder

So now I ride the ought one

thirtyfive to New Orleans

I float a mile above life's toil and trouble

A thousand lonely lifetimes

I still wait and then go on

A clown to entertain the happy couples