Luyện nghe bài hát Esther

It was late one night at a fairground near town
When Esther first saw the man
Who groveled toward her and stood by her
With a that swung in his hand

His grin stretched the folds of his white cheeks
And his lips a dollop of murk on the curb
And the lights from the rides showed a sparkle
That in his hollow eyed stare

He said, "Little girl, you can chop off my
And peel off my socks if you want to
But I'd rather you took this old puppet me
That I in my pail as we speak"

And he stood looking down at the innocent
And she stared at the bucket
Then he lifted the doll for the girl to see
And a giant smile on his face

She saw the eyes and she couldn't resist
And she thanked the man and ran to the church
And she burst through the door with puppet held
And a hush filled the chapel and the people looked

Esther tried in vain to the mob
Quibble to spat, to wrangle, then to brawl
The congregation struggled desperately to fetch
The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather

Through the window of the church, a storm began to
And Esther the time had come to flee
She scurried down the aisle toward the doorway in the
And out into the rainstorm where she felt she would be

But the wind was harder
And her began to billow, until finally her feet began to lift
And she above the houses and the people and the chimneys
And and the doll were set adrift

Floating higher over the
And the valleys and treetops they'd flutter and
and turning suspended on air
With the earth far below them tumble
And dive through the

And she began to plummet
Till she landed in the part of town
She about the village sure to find the evil men
Who rob and pillage in the darkest of night

Nervously she fumbled for the that held the puppet on her rump
Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid
A nearby pile of lumber, she waited till the dawn
'Cause it would have a blunder
To succumb to a hoodlum on the

When the came, she wandered through the streets
Along the chilly lake that lay beside the
At a peaceful moment, but she thought she heard a sound
It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her

As Esther stood and shook her head the joggers approaching
And she knew she had no choice but to swim
As the water sank its bitter teeth into her hide
She tried to the heavy clothing from her skin

Naked now she her way toward the shore
When she felt a tiny tugging at her toe
And the puppet she'd forgotten its tiny
arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go

The waves seemed to open and her whole
As the doll pulled her down the eerie green deep
And the sound of the old man filled her ears
As she away to a tranquil and motionless sleep