Quarters in the Jukebox · 点唱机里的硬币

[Verse 1]

The neon in the window's got a letter that don't light

And the bartender's been wiping down the same glass all night

He says they're pulling out the jukebox in the morning, load it on a truck

Says it only takes the quarters, never did take much

[Pre-Chorus]

And I dug into my pocket and I found exactly three

Which is one song on the machine and that's all I'm gonna need

'Cause there's one that me and daddy used to stand right here and play

And I figured tonight's the night before they haul it all away

[Chorus]

Three quarters in the jukebox and the jukebox only takes three

It ate two and spit one back and gave me half a melody

Last call on Delaney Street and the machine goes home tomorrow

So I stood there in the middle and I sang the other half

Three quarters in the jukebox, and the other half was mine

[Verse 2]

The first verse came out clean like it did in ninety-four

And I heard my daddy humming from the stool beside the door

He's been dead eleven years and he was never much for singing

But he knew that second chorus and he'd wait there for the timing

[Pre-Chorus]

And the machine gave out a click and the record skipped a beat

And the whole bar turned around to look at the fool standing on his feet

So I put my hand up like a man who's got no shame

And I sang the missing half of it and everybody sang the name

[Chorus]

Three quarters in the jukebox and the jukebox only takes three

It ate two and spit one back and gave me half a melody

Last call on Delaney Street and the machine goes home tomorrow

So I stood there in the middle and I sang the other half

Three quarters in the jukebox, and the other half was mine

[Bridge]

They can put it on a truck, they can sell it for the parts

They can haul away the cabinet that holds a hundred broken hearts

But the quarters in the cup and the half-song in the air

Is the only thing they can't take, and the only thing I'd share

With a man who ain't been here

Since two thousand and eleven

With a man who ain't been here

[Harmonica Solo]

[Final Chorus]

Three quarters in the jukebox and the jukebox only takes three

It ate two and spit one back but it gave the song to me

Last call on Delaney Street and the lights are going down

And I'm standing in the middle with my daddy's half of the sound

Three quarters in the jukebox, and the other half was mine

(Hey, the other half was mine)

[Outro]

The other half was mine

Three quarters, one song

The other half was mine