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Last Great American Whale (LP版)

Lou Reed
1989-01-013:28 phútLời đồng bộ

"Last Great American Whale (LP版)" là bài hát của Lou Reed, 1989, Pop. Thời lượng 3:28, 53 lines / 402 words.

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0:00Last Great American Whale (最後的美國大鯨魚) (LP版) - Lou Reed (盧·裡德)
0:01They say he didn't have an enemy
0:03His was a greatness to behold
0:08He was the last surviving progeny
0:11The last one on this side of the world
0:17He measured a half mile from tip to tail
0:19Silver and black with powerful fins
0:26They say he could split a mountain in two
0:28That's how we got the Grand Canyon
0:33Last great American whale
0:37Last great American whale
0:41Last great American whale
0:45Last great American whale
0:50Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
0:52Some say they saw him off of Florida
0:57My mother said she saw him in Chinatown
1:01But you can't always trust your mother
1:06Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day
1:09The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
1:14The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son
1:18And he'd been on death row since 1958
1:22The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig
1:25Spit on Indians and lots worse
1:31The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
1:34Life compared to death for him seemed worse
1:39The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing
1:43And tried to conjure up a storm or rain
1:47The harbor parted the great whale sprang full up
1:52And caused a hugh tidal wave
1:55The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
1:59The tribe let out a roar
2:03The whites were drowned the browns and reds set free
2:07But sadly one thing more
2:11Some local yokel member of the NRA
2:16Kept a bazooka in his living room
2:19And thinking he had the chief in his sight
2:23Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
2:28Last great American whale
2:32Last great American whale
2:36Last great American whale
2:40Last great American whale
2:44Well Americans don't care for much of anything
2:47Land and water the least
2:53And animal life is low on the totem pole
2:56With human life not worth more than infected yeast
3:01Americans don't care too much for beauty
3:04They'll sh*t in a river dump battery acid in a stream
3:08They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
3:12And complain if they can't swim
3:17They say things are done for the majority
3:20Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
3:25It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
3:28"Stick a fork in their a** and turn them over they're done"
Last Great American Whale (最後的美國大鯨魚) (LP版) - Lou Reed (盧·裡德)
They say he didn't have an enemy
His was a greatness to behold
He was the last surviving progeny
The last one on this side of the world
He measured a half mile from tip to tail
Silver and black with powerful fins
They say he could split a mountain in two
That's how we got the Grand Canyon
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
Some say they saw him off of Florida
My mother said she saw him in Chinatown
But you can't always trust your mother
Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day
The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son
And he'd been on death row since 1958
The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig
Spit on Indians and lots worse
The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
Life compared to death for him seemed worse
The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing
And tried to conjure up a storm or rain
The harbor parted  the great whale sprang full up
And caused a hugh tidal wave
The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
The tribe let out a roar
The whites were drowned  the browns and reds set free
But sadly one thing more
Some local yokel member of the NRA
Kept a bazooka in his living room
And thinking he had the chief in his sight
Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Last great American whale
Well Americans don't care for much of anything
Land and water the least
And animal life is low on the totem pole
With human life not worth more than infected yeast
Americans don't care too much for beauty
They'll sh*t in a river  dump battery acid in a stream
They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
And complain if they can't swim
They say things are done for the majority
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
"Stick a fork in their a** and turn them over  they're done"

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