《Canadian Railroad Trilogy》歌词

歌曲： Canadian Railroad Trilogy

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歌手： Gordon Lightfoot

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Canadian Railroad Trilogy (加拿大铁路三部曲) - Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:00]

Written by：Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:01]

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run[00:00:12]

When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun[00:00:18]

Long before the white man and long before the wheel[00:00:24]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:00:29]

But time has no beginnings and history has no bounds[00:00:40]

As to this verdant country they came from all around[00:00:45]

They sailed upon her waterways[00:00:51]

And they walked the forests tall[00:00:53]

Built the mines mills and the factories for the good of us all[00:00:57]

And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the spring[00:01:07]

The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring[00:01:13]

Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day[00:01:19]

And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay[00:01:24]

For they looked in the future and what did they see[00:01:32]

They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea[00:01:36]

Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land[00:01:40]

All up through the seaports and into their hands[00:01:44]

Look away said they across this mighty land[00:01:49]

From the eastern shore to the western strand[00:01:56]

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails[00:02:04]

We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails[00:02:06]

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow[00:02:10]

Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow[00:02:13]

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails[00:02:17]

We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails[00:02:20]

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow[00:02:24]

Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow[00:02:27]

Get on our way cause we're movin' too slow[00:02:31]

Behind the blue rockies the sun is declinin'[00:02:42]

The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day[00:02:50]

Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping[00:03:00]

Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away[00:03:07]

We are the navvies who work upon the railway[00:03:16]

Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun[00:03:24]

Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey[00:03:33]

Bendin' our backs 'til the long days are done[00:03:41]

We are the navvies who work upon the railway[00:03:50]

Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun[00:03:58]

Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges[00:04:07]

Bendin' our backs 'til the railroad is done[00:04:15]

So over the mountains and over the plains[00:04:33]

Into the muskeg and into the rain[00:04:37]

Up the St Lawrence all the way to Gaspe[00:04:41]

Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay[00:04:44]

Layin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down[00:04:48]

Away to the bunkhouse and into the town[00:04:51]

A dollar a day and a place for my head[00:04:54]

A drink to the livin' a toast to the dead[00:04:58]

Oh the song of the future has been sung[00:05:03]

All the battles have been won[00:05:08]

On the mountain tops we stand[00:05:11]

All the world at our command[00:05:15]

We have opened up the soil[00:05:18]

With our teardrops and our toil[00:05:22]

For there was a time in this fair land[00:05:30]

When the railroad did not run[00:05:32]

When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun[00:05:36]

Long before the white man and long before the wheel[00:05:42]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:05:47]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:05:53]

And many are the dead men too silent to be real[00:05:58]