《The Patriot’s Dream(Album Version)》歌词

歌曲： The Patriot’s Dream(Album Version)

所属专辑：Don Quixote

歌手： Gordon Lightfoot

时长： 06:04

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The Patriot's Dream (Album Version) - Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:00]

Written by：GORDON LIGH/LENNY WARONKER[00:00:02]

The songs of the wars are as old as the hills[00:00:09]

They cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills[00:00:13]

They tell of the boys who went down to the tracks[00:00:18]

In a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs[00:00:22]

The patriots dream is as old as the sky[00:00:28]

It lives in the lust of a cold callous lie[00:00:32]

Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill[00:00:36]

Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills[00:00:41]

The train pulled away on that glorious night[00:01:05]

The drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight[00:01:10]

While the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer[00:01:14]

While riding off to glory in the spring of their years[00:01:18]

The patriots dream still lives on today[00:01:24]

It makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray[00:01:28]

Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill[00:01:33]

Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills[00:01:37]

Well there was a sad sad lady[00:01:54]

Weeping all night long[00:01:57]

She received a sad sad message[00:01:59]

From a voice on the telephone[00:02:02]

Her children were all sleeping[00:02:05]

As she waited out the dawn[00:02:07]

How could she tell those children[00:02:10]

That their father was shot down[00:02:13]

So she took them to her side that day[00:02:17]

And she told them one by one[00:02:19]

Your father was a good man ten thousand miles from home[00:02:22]

He tried to do his duty[00:02:32]

And it took him straight to hell[00:02:34]

He might be in some prison[00:02:37]

I hope he's treated well[00:02:40]

Well there was a young girl watching[00:02:53]

In the early afternoon[00:02:55]

When she heard the name of someone[00:02:57]

Who said hed be home soon[00:03:00]

And she wondered how they got him[00:03:03]

But the papers did not tell[00:03:06]

There would be no sweet reunion[00:03:08]

There would be no wedding bells[00:03:11]

So she took herself into her room and[00:03:15]

She turned the bed sheets down[00:03:18]

And she cried into the silken folds[00:03:20]

Of her new wedding gown[00:03:23]

He tried to do his duty[00:03:30]

Took him straight to hell[00:03:33]

He might be in some prison[00:03:36]

I hope he's treated well[00:03:38]

Well there was an old man sitting[00:03:51]

In his mansion on the hill[00:03:53]

And he thought of his good fortune[00:03:56]

The time hed yet o kill[00:03:59]

Well he called to his wife one day come sit[00:04:01]

With me awhile[00:04:04]

Then turning toward the sunset he smiled a wicked smile[00:04:07]

Well I'd like to say I'm sorry for the sinful[00:04:14]

Deeds I've done[00:04:17]

But let me first remind you[00:04:19]

I'm a patriotic son[00:04:22]

They tried to do their duty[00:04:28]

And it took 'em straight to hell[00:04:31]

They might be in some prison[00:04:34]

I hope they're treated well[00:04:36]

The songs of the wars are as old as the hills[00:04:49]

They cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills[00:04:54]

They tell of the boys who went down to the tracks[00:04:58]

In a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs[00:05:03]

The train pulled away on that glorious night[00:05:09]

The drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight[00:05:13]

While the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer[00:05:17]

While riding off to glory in the spring of their years[00:05:22]

The patriots dream still lives on today[00:05:28]

It makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray[00:05:32]

Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill[00:05:36]

Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills[00:05:41]