Crickets are chirpin´ the water is high There´s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin´ dry Window wide open African trees Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
Not a word of goodbye not even a note
She gone with the man in the long black coat
Somebody seen him hangin´ around At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask Somebody said from the bible he´d quote There was dust on the man, in the long black coat
Preacher was talking there´s a sermon he gave He said every man´s conscience is vile and depraved You cannot depend on it to be your guide When it´s you who must keep it satisfied It ain´t easy to swallow it sticks in the throat
She gave her heart to the man, in the long black coat.
There are no mistakes in life some people say It is true sometimes you can see it that way But people don´t live or die people just float She went with the man in the long black coat
There´s smoke on the water it´s been there since June Tree trunks uprooted beneath the high crescent moon Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse She never said nothing there was nothing she wrote
She gone with the man, in the long black coat
Traduction
Les criquets stridulent et les eaux de la rivière sont au plus haut, Une robe de fine toile de lin, sèche sur une corde à linge Les fenêtres sont grandes ouvertes et les arbres tropicaux
On dit qu’on apprend de ses erreurs, C’est vrai qu’on peut parfois voir les choses ainsi, Les gens ne vivent pas plus qu’ils ne meurent, ils sont juste de passage. Elle est partie avec l’homme au long manteau noir.