[00:00.000] 作曲 : Laurie Anderson
[00:14.104] They die in the winter in Chicago.
[00:16.747] The cold takes them away.
[00:18.747] It sweeps in off the lake, and off they go.
[00:22.481] It has done for centuries now.
[00:24.409] Some of them died in the stockyards in Chicago.
[00:28.197] Or in backyards.
[00:29.635] Full of rusted jungle gyms and old stoves and snow.
[00:34.880] Some in overheated houses, out in the winter woods.
[00:38.936] Others in their dock blinds.
[00:41.525] Or in their leaking boats when they sank in one of the icy great lakes

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[00:47.275] It was in the winter – last winter –
[00:51.125] when I heard that my mother was dying.
[00:53.237] And so, I had to go.
[00:54.741] And I was kind of worried.
[00:56.296] So I talked to Father Pierre, who's a priest.
[00:59.375] A converted Egyptian Jew.
[01:01.628] A playboy who loves elegant things and has a book collection of 30,000 books.
[01:09.900] And he's such a smart guy.
[01:10.900] And so I said "Listen. I have a really big problem.
[01:15.418] I'm going to see my mother.
[01:18.392] And she's dying. But I don't love her."
[01:24.565] And Father Pierre said
[01:27.797] "Okay, well, just bring her some flowers.
[01:31.000] And tell her you've always cared about her."
[01:33.467] And I thought 'I can do that.'
[01:37.216] Besides, you really don't want to lie to someone who's dying.
[01:41.476] But when I got there,
[01:44.444] they were rushing her around in a gurney.
[01:47.069] And I didn't have time to get the flowers,
[01:49.183] and it was loud and confusing and there wasn't a single moment to say
[01:53.479] "You know, I've always... cared about you."
[01:58.735] And then all of a sudden – she was dead.