《The Sky Above， The Mud Below》歌词

歌曲： The Sky Above， The Mud Below

所属专辑：Wounded Heart Of America

歌手： Tom Russell&Ramblin’ Jack

时长： 06:16

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The Sky Above, The Mud Below - Tom Russell (汤姆罗素)/Ramblin' Jack Elliott[00:00:00]

Two men rode in from the south a rainy autumn night[00:00:11]

The sky above and the mud below[00:00:16]

They walked into the deacon's bar they were mexican by sight[00:00:22]

The sky above and the mud below[00:00:26]

They threw a horse hair bridle down we trade this for whiskey round[00:00:33]

The deacon slams a bottle down two men start to drinkin'[00:00:38]

Their hair was long and black tied up behind their ears[00:00:45]

The sky above and the mud below[00:00:49]

Their faces were identical like one man beside a mirror[00:00:56]

The sky above and the mud below[00:01:00]

Then someone whispers that beats all their wanted poster's on the wall[00:01:06]

Twin brothers name of sandoval horse thieves from boquillas[00:01:12]

Now the bridle and the belts they wore were braided gray and black[00:01:23]

The sky above and the mud below[00:01:28]

The color of a roan horse once belonged to deacon black[00:01:34]

The sky above and the mud below[00:01:39]

The fastest horse for miles around he'd been stolen from the old fairgrounds[00:01:45]

A month ago outside of town we tracked but never found him[00:01:50]

Now the deacon was a preacher who had fallen hard from grace[00:02:00]

The sky above and the mud below[00:02:05]

He owned the bar and a string of quarter horses that he'd race[00:02:11]

The sky above and the mud below[00:02:15]

Yet deacon he could drink and curse though he still quoted sacred verse[00:02:21]

He was sheriff judge he owned the hearse a man you do not anger[00:02:27]

The sky above the mud below the wind and rain the sleet and snow[00:02:34]

Two horse thieves from mexico drinkin' hard and singin'[00:02:39]

One brother he spoke english deacon inquires as to their work[00:02:49]

The sky above and the mud below[00:02:54]

The man says mister we braid horsehair bridles ropes and quirts[00:03:00]

The sky above and the mud below[00:03:05]

Yah that fine bridle we did make a roan horse[00:03:11]

Killed by leg bone break[00:03:14]

He's horsehair rope now horse meat steak we cleaned him to the bone[00:03:16]

Well these gentlemen they were ignorant or didn't know just where they were[00:03:25]

The sky above and the mud below[00:03:30]

The deacon's face grew darker as he measured every word[00:03:36]

The sky above and the mud below[00:03:41]

You horsehair braidin' sons of b**ches stole my claim to earthly riches[00:03:47]

Someone go and dig a ditch there may well be a hangin'[00:03:53]

One brother reached inside his shirt a searching for his gun[00:04:02]

The sky above and the mud below[00:04:07]

Too late for deak had whipped around his sawed off remington[00:04:13]

The sky above and the mud below[00:04:17]

The twins they raised their hands and sneered deak was grinnin' ear to ear[00:04:24]

He says courts in session hear ye hear yer's truly is presidin'[00:04:29]

Well the trial commenced and ended quick they didn't have a hope[00:04:40]

The sky above and the mud below[00:04:44]

Deak says we'll cut your hair now boys[00:04:51]

Then you can braid yourselves a rope[00:04:53]

The sky above and the mud below[00:04:55]

The old testament it says somewhere 'eye for eye and hair for hair[00:05:01]

Covet not thy neighbor's mare' I believe that's revelations[00:05:07]

Now that fancy horsehair bridle it hangs on deacon's wall[00:05:16]

The sky above and the mud below[00:05:21]

Next to that wanted poster of the brothers sandoval[00:05:28]

The sky above and the mud below[00:05:32]

And the twisted rope so shiny black the artifact that broke their necks[00:05:38]

Their craftmanship he did respect they shoulda struck to braidin'[00:05:44]

The sky above the mud below the wind and rain the sleet and snow[00:05:51]

The deacon's hearse is rollin' slow in the first blue light of morning[00:05:56]