歌曲名 Can T Win

歌手名 Richard Thompson

I started to cry

They put gin in my cup

I started to crawl

And they swaddled me up

I got up and run

They said easy son

Play up play the game

They told me to think

And forget what I'd heard

They told me to lie

And then questioned my word

They taught me to fail

Better sink than sail

Just play the game

Oh towers will tumble

And locusts will visit the land

Oh a curse on your house

And your children

And the fruit of your hand

They said you can't win

You can't win

You sweat blood

You give in

You can't win

You can't win

Turn the cheek

Take it on the chin

Don't you dare do this

Don't you dare do that

We harpoon dreams

We stiletto in the back

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

I don't know who you think you are

Who you think you are

Oh

Oh what kind of mother

Would hamstring her sons

Throw sand in their eyes

And put ice on their tongues

I better to leave

Than stay here and grieve

And play the game

Don't waken the dead

As you sleepwalk around

If you have a dream brother

Hush not a sound

Stand there and rust

Die if you must

But play the game

Oh we can't have it

Why should a wretch like you

Oh it was drilled in our heads

Now we drill it into your head too

You can't win

You can't win

You sweat blood

You give in

You can't win

You can't win

Turn the cheek

Take it on the chin

Don't you dare do

This don't you dare do that

We harpoon dreams

We stiletto in the back

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

I don't know who you think you are

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people

The nerve of some people