Cold Feet

Cold Feet - Tracy Chapman

Written by：Tracy Chapman

There was a little boy

Once upon a time

Who in spite of his young age

And small size knew his mind

For every copper penny

And clover he would find

Make a wish for better days

The end of hard times

For no more

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

His clothes were always clean

His face was always scrubbed

There was food on the table

Enough to fill him up

His house was full of life

His house was full of love

But when winter days arrived

There was never money enough to shod his

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

He grew up to be a worker

Determined to succeed

He made a life for himself

Free from worldly wants or needs

But with nobody to share the life he'd made

No body to keep him warm

At night when he'd go to sleep

He'd sleep alone with his

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

One night he walked the street

Looking to the heaven's above

Searching for a shooting star

A benevolent God

When a woman passing by brushed his arm

He turned and found love

He then wished for the courage to ask this stranger

Who she was to not have

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

One year later he stood beside her

I'll give you everything you want

She said I'll take some love

From my heart to keep your body warm

You won't have

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

That she'd like the party life

And want the finer things

So he promised more than he could buy

He promised her the sun

And moon to not have

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

He worked day and night

His fingers to the bone

His worried mind

Guilty conscience drive him on

He can't give her what she needs

He wants to give her what he thinks she wants

Her sad face

His empty pockets drive him on

And his

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

He'd struggled all his life

To be an honest man

Proud that the dirt on his palms

Was the soil of the land

Some guys he knew from high school days

Said they had a plan to get rich well quick

And they could count him in if he don't have

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

He thought about their offer

Accepted it without qualms

Dreamt about the life he'd buy

The comfort that would come without

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

He decided to drive the car

He decided to carry the gun

To take the biggest risk of all

To prove his loyalty to his friends

He decided to tell his wife

Things would soon turn around

He said the little boy is dead

A man stands with you now without

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

Without

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

He thought he'd set his clock right

He thought he'd read his watch

He left in such a hurry

He didn't think to wish for luck

Makes no difference if you're early

No difference if you're late

When you're out of time

The flowers have been laid

You're six feet underground with

Cold feet

Cold cold cold cold feet

***歌詞來自第三方***