Almost Real-Kelli O'Hara

[ti:Almost Real (《廊桥遗梦》电影插曲)] [ar:Kelli O'Hara] [al:The Bridges of Madison County (Original Broadway Cast Recording)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Almost Real (《廊桥遗梦》电影插曲) - Kelli O'Hara [00:11.16]When a girl grows up in Napoli [00:14.66] [00:15.40]There are roads laid out before her [00:19.00]And you understand I'm speaking of [00:23.55]The times before the war [00:26.52] [00:28.14]When a girl grows up in Napoli [00:32.25]She is more or less a target [00:36.14]For her mamma's expectations [00:40.08]For the boys' infatuations [00:44.14]All she gets is one decision [00:48.44]Will she give them what they want [00:53.59] [00:55.67]My sister Chiara wore tight-fitting sweaters [00:59.56]Unbuttoned just so [01:01.76] [01:03.33]Chiara would squeeze every drop of attention [01:07.04]Wherever she'd go [01:09.39] [01:11.06]Chiara said 'Cesca you must be prepared [01:15.07]Chiara would act as though nobody cared [01:19.04]Chiara would laugh at me quiet and scared [01:24.49] [01:25.14]And I dreamed of a flat in Siena [01:30.49]On the market square [01:34.83]With a book and a pot and a window [01:39.13]And a single chair [01:43.03]Far from lonesome [01:46.55]Far from Chiara [01:49.06]Almost real [01:54.00] [01:57.84]Paolo was a boy from down the hill [02:01.47]With silver eyes and hair [02:04.30]Like coal [02:05.36]And massive hands that trembled [02:09.23]When he looked my way [02:13.23] [02:13.86]Paolo was a boy who loved to swim [02:17.64]And who knows why I fell [02:20.53]For him [02:21.53]But soon enough I kissed him on a winter's day [02:29.84]Chiara said 'Cesca he's dull and he's dumb [02:33.39]You'll end up a farm wife exhausted and numb [02:37.37]I'm off to the serviceman's club you should come [02:42.09] [02:43.51]But I dreamed of the beach at Ancona [02:48.37]Where our kids would play [02:52.66]Paolo right by my side and the ocean [02:56.81]Only steps away [03:00.92]Close to heaven [03:04.31]Far from Chiara [03:06.63]Almost real [03:11.61] [03:15.52]Chiara went dancing while air raid sirens were shrieking [03:21.37] [03:23.05]Chiara would open her legs just as easy as speaking [03:29.10] [03:31.07]Paolo went off with the Army and never returned [03:41.71] [03:43.06]And all that Chiara could say was [03:46.80] [03:47.72]I hope now you've learned [03:55.05] [03:58.04]And the streets were rubble [04:00.30] [04:00.82]And the water was filthy [04:02.93] [04:03.72]And there were no cigarettes [04:06.05]And no haircuts [04:08.25]And no thinking about the future [04:11.81] [04:12.32]And I sat at the harbor [04:14.92] [04:15.57]Watching the American ships [04:19.14] [04:20.75]And then [04:25.10] [04:25.72]I looked up and I saw an American smile down [04:31.63]At me [04:34.68]And I knew if I just took his hand [04:38.03]I could at last be free [04:42.85]I could love him I could want him [04:47.47]Only take me from Italia [04:51.42]Far from Chiara [04:55.30]Far enough that I could feel [05:01.04] [05:03.06]Almost real