作词 : AaronW
作曲 : AaronW
编曲 : AaronW
Lullaby for the Valley Girl
Fingering through the dewed grass
That cool tickle brings me back
When I was a young and lonely child
Grandma used to sing me this lullaby
About a valley and a flaxen hair girl
At the night her most loved one die
The valley was paved with yellow daffodils
A tiny cabin on a sunny little hill
Three goats and a puppy by the creek
Where sits the girl in white dress with blue stripes
Woven by her mother of last year’s wool
And the name of her father was lost in the war
Every morning waken by crows at the break of dawn
A bucket of goat milk and eggs of some
Chased the shrinking shadow of the trees
Over the hill with some mud on their knees
At the market, they sold everything they brought
Because their very days had to go on
Every night when the still vail floated down
Her mother would sit by her bed and hum this song
It went like this do do do do do
Ta ta ta ta do do do
Da da da da da da
Do do do do do do ta ta ta ta
One day when the crimson sun dwelled into the ground
A slim silhouette trotted to come
A knock on the door, the girl answered the call
The boy laid a nameplate into her palm
Her eyes looked up, frail but sound
“It’s his only belonging on that day we found”
Moon was climbing, he had walked through the day
The stew was bubbling, they invited him to stay
Beneath the table wagged the puppy beside his plate
Candle lights flickered as her vision hid away
It was like back to the time in a frame
The long-empty chair was taken again
Her arms were tangled in hair-like air
Bitter and salty, oozed the smell of tear
A smiling old lady was slumping from her stick
A man shot through head was digging his own grave
And a boy, like sand, was blown off by winds
Gentle sun caressed her when she came back from her dream
They sat in silence and she stared at the floor
The night before, laugh seemed to last forevermore
Mother packed the boy some bread and cheese
A gentle farewell resounded in the morning breeze
She peeked at her grandma’s picture on the shelf
When the boy stepped out the door
New leaves held new dew as the new spring came
More had passed and this one would do the same
She had an empty bucket in her hands
Some blue had faded from her dress
They returned home as usual before sunset
In the gilded air, there was one letter on the doorstep
The girl picked up the letter and hid it in her pocket
Her mother silently smiled at this little secret
As always she waited until late at night
She unfolded the letter and sat on her bed
Across the nightstand her mother was asleep
In the flickering candlelight, she saw the boy’s name
"When we met years ago, you sang me a song"
"The doctor just told me I may not last too long"
"Now cool and bright, the moon in the sky"
"A dog barks a foreign sound throughout the night"
"There’s not much my words can tell"
"Just want you to know, I remember you well"
When the candle was blown off, her mother’s breath was calm
She folded it in a book, and the lullaby was quietly hummed
Do do do do do do do do do
Ta ta ta ta do do do
Da da da da da da
Do do do do do do ta ta ta ta