Oscar Wilde Gets Out 歌詞
Oscar Wilde Gets Out - Elton John (艾爾頓·約翰)
Freedom for the scapegoat leaving Reading Gaol
Eyes just pierced his heart like crucifiction nails
Shaking fists and never stood a chance
On Fleet Street you turned your eyes to France
Humble fog from Dublin
Chased across the waves
Your biting wit still sharp enough to
Slice through every page
Destitute and beaten by the system of the crown
The bitter pill you swallowed
Takes some sweeter going down
Looking back on the great indifference
Looking back at the lime stone walls
Thinking how beauty deceived you
Knowing how love fools us all
A golden boy in velvet he
Landed in New York
The past was so seductive
When they paid to hear you talk
And champagne flew
Tobacco from Virginia
Long before the lords and
Law branded Oscar Wilde a sinner
Looking back on the cold bleak winter
Looking back on those long dark days
Felt like the head of John the Baptist
In the arms of Salome
Don't turn around if the white dog's screaming
Don't cry outloud you never know who's listening
Of the exile are forgiven
From the stately homes of England to her prison
Looking back on the hard life of
Looking back on the wretched poor
Thinking maybe there goes my saviour
Oh strange to think I miss them all
Strange to think I miss them all
Looking back on the great indifference
Looking back at the lime stone walls
Thinking how beauty deceived you
Knowing how love fools us all