所属专辑:Between The Wars
歌手: Al Stewart
时长: 05:37
Three Mules - Al Stewart (阿尔·史蒂伍德)[00:00:00]
Three mules came over a hill[00:00:04]
They were dragging a cart[00:00:07]
Creaking it seemed to be falling apart[00:00:10]
Laden with millions of dreams[00:00:15]
It weighed more than they thought[00:00:17]
They never noticed the wheels getting caught[00:00:21]
They pulled on staring ahead[00:00:25]
With blinkered eyes and lowered heads[00:00:29]
Hoping that all would be fine[00:00:34]
I see them now[00:00:37]
Time out of time[00:00:39]
Ramsey and Stanley and Neville[00:00:45]
Were the names of the mules[00:00:48]
Each wore a bridle encrusted with jewels[00:00:51]
And though a murmur of voices[00:00:55]
Was rising behind[00:00:58]
Each laboured on[00:01:02]
And they paid it no mind[00:01:03]
They pulled on with never a doubt[00:01:05]
Past boulders and holes[00:01:09]
Till the road petered out[00:01:11]
And giving a snort they sat down[00:01:14]
Waiting for somebody else to come round[00:01:18]
And from this are our lives writ large[00:01:22]
From the beach at Dunkirk[00:01:26]
To Pickett's Charge[00:01:28]
And it's hard to go back[00:01:30]
After coming this far[00:01:32]
Down the road[00:01:38]
Three mules looked over a fence[00:01:47]
At the field beyond[00:01:50]
Green as a forest it shone in the sun[00:01:53]
Into the stillness they broke[00:01:58]
Like a stone in a pond[00:02:00]
And kicking the gate down[00:02:04]
They brayed at the ground[00:02:06]
And pulled on tugging a dream[00:02:07]
Out of a smile and into a scream[00:02:11]
And tossed the damp soil all around[00:02:16]
Until the whole field turned muddy brown[00:02:20]
And from this are our lives writ large[00:02:25]
From the beach at Dunkirk[00:02:28]
To Pickett's Charge[00:02:31]
And it's hard to go back[00:02:32]
After coming this far[00:02:35]
Down the road[00:02:40]
Ah but it's not very easy now being a mule[00:02:49]
I don't believe you appreciate all that we do[00:02:58]
Look at this long and unfortunate face[00:03:06]
Try to imagine that you're in my place[00:03:11]
This is my nature[00:03:15]
And to it I have to be true[00:03:17]
Three mules came over a hill[00:03:59]
With a sorrowful air[00:04:02]
Though we've been judged they said[00:04:06]
It's hardly fair[00:04:08]
All that we did was for you[00:04:10]
And the good of the 'cause[00:04:13]
Then they went back to the sound of applause[00:04:17]
They went back into the night[00:04:21]
Where a sickle of moon[00:04:24]
Left a trickle of light[00:04:26]
And while we lay under our roofs[00:04:30]
The whole night filled up[00:04:33]
With the beating of hooves[00:04:35]
And from this are our lives writ large[00:04:38]
From the beach at Dunkirk[00:04:41]
To Pickett's Charge[00:04:44]
And it's hard to go back[00:04:45]
After coming this far[00:04:48]
Down the road[00:04:53]
And from this are our lives writ large[00:05:01]
And every day[00:05:05]
Is Pickett's Charge[00:05:07]
And it's hard to go back[00:05:09]
After coming this far[00:05:11]
Down the road[00:05:16]