《So Long， Old Mates(Remaster 1996)》歌词

歌曲： So Long， Old Mates(Remaster 1996)

所属专辑：To A Mate: Slim Dusty Remembers ’Mack’ Cormack

歌手： Slim Dusty

时长： 02:38

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So Long, Old Mates (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提)[00:00:00]

Where are the mates I used to have[00:00:10]

I wonder where they are[00:00:13]

Some still wander and some made good[00:00:16]

And others traveled far[00:00:18]

Some have gathered their gear and gone[00:00:23]

To a better land or worse[00:00:25]

Their load was heavy the passing years[00:00:28]

Is the weight that oldsters curse[00:00:31]

When we were young and the world was wide[00:00:35]

And the longest day not hard[00:00:38]

We would joke our way from dawn to dark[00:00:41]

Through the mob in the branding yard[00:00:43]

One I remember when I was there[00:00:48]

Who helped me in early years[00:00:51]

When I was the butt of the stockrail jokes[00:00:53]

He taught me to take the jeers[00:00:56]

In life he didn't amount to much[00:01:01]

He came from further out[00:01:03]

He was only a lanky coloured lad[00:01:06]

A station rouse about[00:01:09]

I've thanked him often in after life[00:01:13]

For the things he taught me then[00:01:16]

He guided my youth through the stockman's life[00:01:19]

In the hard tough world of men[00:01:22]

Although he didn't amount to much[00:01:39]

All that he had he gave[00:01:41]

He was white enough and man enough[00:01:44]

To rest in a soldier's grave[00:01:47]

Forgotten by most of the ones he knew[00:01:51]

And those of his tribal tree[00:01:54]

The world forgetting the world forgot[00:01:57]

Except by mates like me[00:02:00]

So long old mate from early days[00:02:04]

Wherever you may be[00:02:07]

May the grass be green and the water good[00:02:10]

From care may your days be free[00:02:13]

I've traveled a span of the road of life[00:02:16]

And I've learned to understand[00:02:19]

Through mate ship the way it was meant to be[00:02:22]

Has no colour creed nor land[00:02:25]