《Ballad Of Yarmouth Castle(Live)》歌词

歌曲： Ballad Of Yarmouth Castle(Live)

所属专辑：Sunday Concert (Live At Massey Hall/1969)

歌手： Gordon Lightfoot

时长： 05:19

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Ballad Of Yarmouth Castle (雅茅斯城堡之歌) (Live) - Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:00]

Written by：Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:01]

Well it's four o'clock in the afternoon[00:00:10]

And the anchors have been weighed[00:00:12]

From Miami to Nassau[00:00:16]

She's bound across the waves[00:00:18]

She'll be headin' south through Biscayne Bay[00:00:21]

Into the open sea[00:00:24]

Yarmouth Castle she's a dyin' and don't know it[00:00:27]

Now the many years she's been to sea[00:00:34]

She's seen the better times[00:00:36]

She gives a groan of protest[00:00:40]

As they cast away her lines[00:00:41]

And the grumble of her engines[00:00:45]

And the rust along her spine[00:00:47]

Tells the Castle she's too old to be sailin'[00:00:51]

But the sands run out within her heart[00:00:58]

A tiny spark glows red[00:01:00]

It smoulders through the evening[00:01:04]

There's laughter overhead[00:01:06]

Now the men are served and the cards are dealt[00:01:09]

And the drinks are passed around[00:01:11]

Deep within the fire starts a burnin'[00:01:15]

Now it's midnight on the open sea[00:01:22]

And the moon is shining bright[00:01:24]

Some people join the party[00:01:27]

And others say good night[00:01:29]

There's many who are sleeping now[00:01:33]

It's been a busy day[00:01:35]

And a tiny wisp of smoke is a risin'[00:01:38]

Oh Lord she groans I'm burning[00:01:46]

Let someone understand[00:01:48]

But her silent plea is wasted[00:01:51]

In the playin' of the band[00:01:53]

Everybody's dancin' on her deck[00:01:57]

And they're havin' such a time[00:01:59]

Then a voice says[00:02:03]

Shut up and deal I'm losin'[00:02:04]

Deep within the Yarmouth Castle[00:02:09]

The fire begins to glow[00:02:12]

It leaps into the hallways[00:02:15]

And climbs and twists and grows[00:02:17]

And the paint she wore to keep her young[00:02:21]

Oh Lord how well it burns[00:02:23]

And soon that old fire is a ragin'[00:02:26]

Up beneath the bridge it's climbin' fast[00:02:33]

The captain stands aloft[00:02:36]

He calls up to the boatswain 'n' says[00:02:39]

Boatswain we are lost[00:02:42]

For the ragged hoses in the racks[00:02:45]

No pressure do they hold[00:02:47]

And the people down below[00:02:50]

Will soon be dyin'[00:02:52]

All amidships oh she's blazin' now[00:02:57]

It's spreadin' fore and aft[00:03:00]

The people are a scramblin'[00:03:03]

As the fire blocks their path[00:03:05]

The evil smoke surrounds them[00:03:08]

And they're fallin' in their tracks[00:03:10]

And the captain in his lifeboat is a leavin'[00:03:14]

Oh then the ship Bahama Star[00:03:30]

Comes steamin' through the night[00:03:32]

She sees the Castle blazin'[00:03:36]

And 'tis a terrible sight[00:03:38]

Jump down jump down the captain cries[00:03:41]

We'll save you if we can[00:03:44]

Then the paint on his funnels is a fryin'[00:03:47]

God help the ones who sleep below[00:03:54]

And cannot find the way[00:03:56]

Thank God for those we've rescued[00:04:00]

Upon this awful day[00:04:02]

Now the heroes they are many[00:04:05]

But the times are growin' slim[00:04:07]

And now from stern to bow[00:04:11]

She's a blazin'[00:04:13]

Oh the Yarmouth Castle's moanin'[00:04:20]

She's cryin' like a child[00:04:22]

You can hear her if you listen[00:04:25]

Above the roar so wild[00:04:28]

Is she cryin' for the ones who lie[00:04:31]

Within her molten sides[00:04:33]

Or cryin' for herself I'm a wonderin'[00:04:37]

But the livin' soon were rescued[00:04:43]

The ones who lived to tell[00:04:46]

From the star they watched her[00:04:49]

As she died there in the swells[00:04:51]

Like a toy ship on a mill pond[00:04:55]

She burned all through the night[00:04:57]

Then slipped 'neath the waves[00:05:00]

In the mornin'[00:05:03]