[00:00.00] 作词 : Anaïs Mitchell[00:01.00] 作曲 : Anaïs Mitchell[00:21.77]I could tell you stories like the government tells lies[00:25.94]Oh[00:26.56]But no one listens any more[00:30.50]In the rooms the women come and go[00:33.50]Talking on the mobile phones[00:34.82]And the television talks about the war[00:40.73]When I was a baby there was laughter in my house[00:44.91]And my daddy smoked domestic cigarettes[00:49.84]Thursday nights on the radio live in concert[00:54.05]Live from Cairo[00:56.05]Mother of Egypt[01:00.03]Mama[01:01.13]Mama[01:02.04]Be with me[01:03.58]With the music in your breast[01:06.47]In your glittering evening dress[01:08.90]And the white flag in your fist trembling[01:33.86]I could tell you stories like the past was dead and gone[01:38.16]But I know nothing changes in this world[01:42.80]Every day the muezzin calls[01:45.15]Sun comes up and Baghdad falls[01:47.79]Before the eyes of storytelling girls[01:52.69]She was just a poor man's daughter[01:57.20]Going down into the sultan's bed[02:02.35]He was desert[02:04.50]She was a water[02:06.72]And he remembered every word she said[02:09.87]She said and I say[02:11.35]Grandma[02:12.39]Grandma[02:13.69]Be with me[02:15.53]In your tragic wedding gown[02:18.10]With your long hair hanging down[02:20.50]And the stories tumbling out[02:22.67]Tumbling[02:35.72]I could tell you stories like the government tells lies[02:39.87]Oh[02:40.09]But no one listens any more[02:44.50]In the rooms the women come and go[02:47.60]Talking on the mobile phones[02:48.88]And the television talks about the war[02:52.67]About the war[02:54.20]And the television talks about the war