《The Last Ride》歌词

歌曲： The Last Ride

所属专辑：80 of the Best

歌手： Hank Snow

时长： 02:35

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The Last Ride - Hank Snow[00:00:00]

In the Dodge City Yards of the Santa Fe[00:00:03]

Stood a freight made up for the east[00:00:06]

And the engineer with his oil and waste[00:00:08]

Was groomin' the great iron beast[00:00:11]

While ten cars back in the murky dust[00:00:13]

A boxcar door swung wide[00:00:16]

And a hobo lifted his pal aboard[00:00:19]

To start on his last long ride[00:00:21]

A lantern swung and the freight pulled out[00:00:24]

The engine it gathered speed[00:00:26]

The engineer pulled the throttle wide[00:00:29]

And clucked to his fiery steed[00:00:31]

Ten cars back in the empty box[00:00:34]

The hobo rolled uphill[00:00:36]

The flare of the match showed his partner's face[00:00:39]

Stark white and deathly still[00:00:41]

As the train wheels clicked on the couplin' joints[00:00:44]

A song for the rambler's ear[00:00:46]

The hobo talked to the still white form[00:00:49]

His pal for many a year[00:00:51]

For a mighty long time we've rambled Jack[00:00:55]

With the luck of men that roam[00:00:58]

With the backdoor steps for a dining room[00:01:00]

And a boxcar for a home[00:01:03]

We dodged the bulls on the Eastern route[00:01:06]

And the cops on the Chesapeake[00:01:08]

We travelled the Leadville narrow gauge[00:01:11]

In the days of Cripple Creek[00:01:13]

We drifted down thru sunny Cal[00:01:16]

On the rails of that old S P [00:01:18]

And of all you had thru good and bad[00:01:21]

A half always belonged to me[00:01:23]

You made me promise to you Jack[00:01:26]

If I lived and you cashed in[00:01:28]

To take you back to the old church yard[00:01:31]

And bury you there with your kin[00:01:33]

You seemed to know I would keep my word[00:01:36]

'Cause you said that I was right[00:01:38]

Well I'm keepin' my promise to you pal[00:01:40]

'Cause I'm takin' you home tonight[00:01:44]

I haven't the money to send you there[00:01:46]

So I'm takin' you back on the fly[00:01:48]

It's the decent way for a 'bo to go[00:01:51]

Home to the by and by[00:01:54]

I knew that that fever had you Jack[00:01:56]

And that doctor he just wouldn't come[00:01:58]

He was too busy treatin' the wealthy folks[00:02:00]

To doctor a worn-out bum[00:02:02]

As the train rolled over it's ribbons of steel[00:02:06]

Straight thru to the East it sped[00:02:08]

The engineer in his high cab seat[00:02:11]

Kept his eye on the rails ahead[00:02:13]

While ten cars back in the empty box[00:02:16]

A lonely hobo sighed[00:02:18]

For the days of old and his pal so cold[00:02:21]

Who was takin' his last long ride[00:02:23]