《Canadian Railroad Trilogy(Live)》歌词

歌曲： Canadian Railroad Trilogy(Live)

所属专辑：All Live

歌手： Gordon Lightfoot

时长： 07:31

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Canadian Railroad Trilogy(live 版) - Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:00]

There was a time in this fair land[00:00:25]

When the railroad did not run[00:00:27]

When the wild majestic mountains[00:00:30]

Stood alone against the sun[00:00:33]

Long before the white man and long before the wheel[00:00:37]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:00:43]

But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds[00:00:54]

As to this verdant country they came from all around[00:01:00]

They sailed upon her waterways[00:01:06]

And they walked the forests tall[00:01:09]

And they built the mines the mills[00:01:12]

And the factories for the good of us all[00:01:14]

And when the young man's fancy[00:01:23]

Was turnin' to the spring[00:01:25]

The railroad men grew restless[00:01:29]

For to hear the hammers ring[00:01:31]

Their minds were overflowing[00:01:35]

With the visions of their day[00:01:37]

And many a fortune lost[00:01:41]

And won and many a debt to pay[00:01:43]

For they looked in the future[00:01:49]

And what did they see[00:01:53]

They saw an iron road runnin' from sea to the sea[00:01:55]

Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land[00:02:00]

All up through the seaports and into their hands[00:02:05]

Look away said they across this mighty land[00:02:11]

From the eastern shore to the western strand[00:02:20]

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails[00:02:30]

We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails[00:02:35]

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow[00:02:40]

Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow[00:02:44]

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails[00:02:50]

We're gonna lay down the tracks[00:02:54]

And tear up the trails[00:02:56]

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow[00:02:59]

Gotta get on our way '[00:03:03]

Cause we're movin' too slow[00:03:05]

Get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow[00:03:08]

Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'[00:03:22]

The stars they come stealin'[00:03:29]

At the close of the day[00:03:33]

Across the wide prairie[00:03:38]

Our loved ones lie sleeping[00:03:41]

Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away[00:03:46]

We are the navvies who work upon the railway[00:03:54]

Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun[00:04:01]

Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey[00:04:10]

Bendin' our old backs 'til the long days are done[00:04:17]

We are the navvies who work upon the railway[00:04:25]

Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun[00:04:33]

Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges[00:04:42]

Bendin' our old backs 'til the railroad is done[00:04:49]

So over the mountains and over the plains[00:05:11]

Into the muskeg and into the rain[00:05:17]

Up the St Lawrence all the way to Gaspe[00:05:23]

Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay[00:05:27]

Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down[00:05:32]

Away to the bunkhouse and into the town[00:05:36]

A dollar a day and a place for my head[00:05:41]

A drink to the livin' and a toast to the dead[00:05:46]

Oh the song of the future has been sung[00:05:52]

All the battles have been won[00:05:59]

O'er the mountain tops we stand[00:06:03]

All the world at our command[00:06:08]

We have opened up the soil[00:06:12]

With our teardrops and our toil[00:06:17]

For there was a time in this fair land[00:06:25]

When the railroad did not run[00:06:28]

When the wild majestic mountains stood[00:06:31]

Alone against the sun[00:06:34]

Long before the white man and long before the wheel[00:06:38]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:06:43]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:06:49]

And many are the dead men too silent to be real[00:06:55]