Josh Ritter

Sunday night, its supper time, the hotel’s full and all is fine. You can see that No Vacancy sign from the window of room 39
Monday morning at half pa...

The Animal Years (2006)


Peter said to Paul you know all those words we wrote
Are just the rules of the game and the rules are the first to go
But no...

The Animal Years (2006)


Peter said to Paul you know all those words we wrote
Are just the rules of the game and the rules are the first to go
But no...

Peter killed the dragon and he did it with his bare hands
Peter killed the dragon and he did it with his bare hands
Paul killed the dragon and he did ...

And oh what a thrill it was
To be in your arms again
And oh what a thrill it was
To be in those arms
And all those plans I had all they did was hold m...

All the other girls here are stars - you are the northern lights
They try to shine in through your curtains - you're too close and too bright
They try...

Up here in the crows nest I am swimming through the breeze
One last memory from the sun as it is sinking by degrees
And high above the albatrosses
On ...

There was a time I had the right key,
Rolled the tumblers, threw the bolt
On every wandering eye I caught
But something has changed it's all wrong
I'm...

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times
She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
And if the ...

Pretty Polly, please come on down
From your home home high up off the ground
In the tree dark  and  forlorn
Though I'll never  fly to you
It's the las...

All that love all those mistakes What else can a poor man make? So I gave up a life of crime I gave it to a friend of mine Something else was on my mi...

A little water from your well
A little shade from the shade of your door
That is all that I need
And I believe those might be
The truest words that I'...

I had a dream last night
I dreamt that I was swimming

And the stars up above

Directionless and drifting

Somewhere in the dark

Were the sirens and ...

He's riding the plains living up to his name
As the next to the last true romantic
He knows that his story is tragic
But he can't rest
Till he's next ...

Falls in love at first sight
With the girl in the doorway

What beautiful lines

Heart full of life

After thousands of years

what a face to wake up ...

Where's the queen of my parade?
 She ain't coming back.
 The only thing she left me is
 This appleblossom rag

 Oh, the appleblossom rag
 Oh, such swe...

me and Jiggs staring at the ceiling
the stars above the radar range
Song from a station wagon laying foundations
on the shadows of overpassing planes
...

These chords are old but we shake hands
'Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can
So many minor chords outside
I fell...

Peter said to Paul you know
all those words we wrote
Are just the rules of the game
and the rules are the first to go
But now talking to God is Laurel...

All of a sudden now you're back again
I thought you were happy with whoever
Or did you dream about me now and then
Did you look up at the stars and fe...

讓它種下後生的心情
讓它留下父母的腳印
讓它交下祖先的故事
讓它保重我們的八字

讓它種下後生的心情
讓它留下父母的腳印
讓它交下祖先的故事
讓它保重我們的八字
跟我們的河流買米
跟我們的大圳買米
跟我們的田野買米
跟我們的土地買米　　
讓它們在你的眼界畫風景
讓它們在你的舌頭講四句
讓它們在你的心...

一年容易有秋天
又见到枫叶一片片
你那红红的笑脸
又比枫叶还更娇艳
叫我对你又爱又恋
我们常在风里留恋留恋
爱在你我心里缠绵缠绵
一片枫叶一片情
片片都有爱和恋
朝朝暮暮直到永远
..
我爱美丽的秋天
我更爱枫叶一片片
又在片片的枫叶上
写下我俩地心愿
但愿俩情永远不变
你在给我柔情万千万千
我在给...

这是一片很寂寞的天
下着有些伤心的雨
这是一个很在乎的我
和一个无所谓的结局
曾经为了爱而努力
曾经为了爱而逃避
逃避那甜蜜的往事
逃避那陌生的你
这是一片很寂寞的天
下着有些伤心的雨
这是一个很在乎的我
和一个无所谓的结局
再也不知道你的秘密
再也不知道你的消息
只有那甜蜜的往事
只有那陌生的你
...

你们的爱
我紧闭双眼 听一格一格滑落的时间
我放弃交谈 一开口就会流逝了温暖
我知道你也睡不着 和我现在一样
我们都撒了谎

想起小时候 勾手指说过的永远陪伴
轻易的誓言 却坚信一定会实现
我从未怀疑 你是另一个我
可你 只是你

You are my only friend
我爱着的 你爱上了
Y...

Once I had a broken heart
How I cried
My life was torn apart
Then you took my hand
Now look at me
I've been born again
All,all because of you
All the ...

The sun and the shutters and the sun shattered hair.
A kitten from Great Britain sleeps behind the drapes.
An old silver bowl filled with apples and g...

As fireworks burst over the land
I could've sworn
I felt the influence of an unseen hand
The ghost of someone else's dream
And the lights were complic...

"O God of Earth and Altar,“
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not th...

一体どこまで　飛べるのだろう？
結局"持ってるもの"次第　
そんなのつまんないだろ？
"いつも"から抜け出せない　

Inside　私を　覗いてみても
現実の鍵が開かない
「お前」はどうなんだよ？
"いつも"に振り回されて　
Face the true hearts
Give me more pow...

I like digging holes and hiding things inside them
'Cause I've got memories and travel like gypsies in the night
I built a home and wait for someone t...

Yeah
You are on your surfboard thinkin' life is so good
I'm in London waiting for a phone call from you
You can see nothin' else, only you and yoursel...

没有花
这刹那被破坏吗
无野火都会温暖吗
无烟花一起庆祝好吗
若爱恋
彷似戏剧那样假
如布景一切都美化
连相拥都参照主角吗
你说我未能定时
令你每天欢笑一次
是你心中一种缺陷定义
流进了眼角里的刺
为何不浪漫亦是罪名
为何不轰烈是件坏事情
从来未察觉我每个动作
没有声都有爱你的铁证
为何苦不浪漫亦是...

后期：微笑
hook
我想 带你去夏威夷
我想 看你穿比基尼
我想 带你沉入海底
我想 潜入你我秘境
这样感觉 that`s all right (还不错)
沉腻恋爱感觉逃不出来
感受现在 never say goodbye（永不说再见）
你害羞对我说宝贝我们进展是不是太快
我告诉你宝贝不是太快
这...

在分开那一刻 我们微笑着
慢慢忘记 从前的快乐
在某一个角落 我们哭丧着
说着我 也曾很洒脱

你走的时候 请你别带走 我的快乐
岁月匆匆 我们去经历 时间的折磨
分离那一刻 你的回眸是我 放不下的过错
你说我们 会不会好过

你走的时候 我的生活 全都凋落
明明不该说 却还是控制不了 的啰嗦
往后...

我为你翻山越岭 却无心看风景
但愿你 没忘记 我永远保护你
从此不必再流浪找寻
爱就一个字
拨开天空的乌云 像蓝丝绒一样美丽
我为你翻山越岭 却无心看风景
我想你 身不由己 每个念头有新的梦境
但愿你 没忘记 我永远保护你
不管风雨的打击全心全意
两个人相互辉映 光芒胜过夜晚繁星
我为你翻山越岭 却...

你總是很不曉得
我那皺褶的眉頭
情緒就算太多 也不至於數落
是包容 你不懂




到底還要多久
我會打破沉默
習慣做個好人 朋友都在勸我
好脾氣 憑什麼
你和我吐的煙圈 被風吹到遙遠的海邊
如今那些回憶消散如煙 
像你 來過 又走遠




分開不是因為我們不需要我們
彼此相處分寸
每分毫拿捏著
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