Renée Fleming、Brad Mehldau - Love and Hard Times
God and His only son
Paid a courtesy call on Earth one Sunday morning
Orange blossoms opened their fragrant lips
Songbirds sang from the tips of cotton roots
Old folks wept for His love in these hard times
Well we gotta get going
Said the restless Lord to the son
There are galaxies yet to be born
Creation is never done
Anyway these people are slobs here
If we stay it's bound to be a mob scene
But He disappeared
And it's love in hard times
I loved you the first time I saw you
I know that's an old songwriting cliché
I loved you the first time I saw you
Can't describe it any other way
Any other way
The light of you beauty was warm as a summer day
Clouds of antelopes roll by
No hint of rain to come in the prairie sky
It's just love love love love love
When the rains came the tears burned
Windows the rattled locks turned
It's easy to be generous when you're on a roll
It's hard to be grateful when you're out of control
And love is gone
The light at the edge of the curtain is the quiet dawn
The bedroom breathes and clicks and clacks
Uneasy heartbeat can't relax
But then your hand takes mine
Thank God I found you in time
Thank God I found you
Thank God I found you