《The Talking Leaves(Mono Version)》歌词

歌曲： The Talking Leaves(Mono Version)

所属专辑：Bitter Tears: Johnny Cash Sings Ballads Of The American Indian

歌手： Johnny Cash

时长： 03:54

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The Talking Leaves (Mono Version) - Johnny Cash[00:00:00]

Sequoia's winters were sixteen silent tongue spirit clean[00:00:27]

He walked at his father's side[00:00:34]

Across the smoking battle ground[00:00:37]

Where red and white men lay all around[00:00:41]

So many here had died[00:00:45]

The wind had scattered around snow[00:00:48]

White leaves upon the ground[00:00:51]

Not leaves like leaves from trees[00:00:55]

Sequoia said what can this be[00:00:59]

What's the strange thing here I see[00:01:02]

From where come leaves like these[00:01:05]

Sequoia turned to his father's eyes[00:01:11]

And he said father you're wise[00:01:13]

From where come such snow white leaves[00:01:17]

With such strange marks upon these squares[00:01:21]

Not even the wise owl could put them there[00:01:25]

So strange these snow white leaves[00:01:29]

His father shielding his concern[00:01:34]

Resenting the knowledge Sequoia yearned[00:01:38]

Crumbled the snow white leaves[00:01:41]

He said when I explain[00:01:45]

Then it's done these are talking leaves my son[00:01:46]

The white men's talking leaves[00:01:51]

The white man takes a berry of black and red[00:01:56]

And an eagle's feather from the eagle's bed[00:02:00]

And he makes bird track marks[00:02:03]

And the marks on the leaves[00:02:07]

They say carry messages to his brother far away[00:02:09]

And his brother knows what's in his heart[00:02:14]

They see these marks[00:02:19]

And they understand the truth[00:02:21]

In the heart of the far off man[00:02:23]

The enemies can't hear them[00:02:26]

Said Sequoia's father son[00:02:30]

They weave bad medicine on these talking leaves[00:02:33]

Leave such things to them[00:02:37]

Then Sequoia walking lightly followed his father quietly[00:02:41]

But so amazed was he[00:02:47]

If the white man talks on leaves why not the Cherokee[00:02:51]

Vanished from his father's face Sequoia went[00:03:02]

From place to place[00:03:06]

But he could not forget[00:03:07]

Year after year he worked on[00:03:10]

And on till finally he cut into stone[00:03:12]

The Cherokee alphabet[00:03:17]

Sequoia's hair by now was[00:03:22]

White his eyes began to lose their light[00:03:23]

But he taught all who would believe[00:03:28]

That the Indian's thoughts could be written down[00:03:32]

Just as the white men's there on the ground[00:03:35]

And he left us these talking leaves[00:03:38]