所属专辑:Live - The Way We Walk Volume Two: ’The Longs’
歌手: Genesis
时长: 10:17
Driving The Last Spike (Live) - Genesis[00:00:00]
Composed by:Phil Collins/Tony Banks/Mike Rutherford[00:00:28]
Leaving my family behind me[00:00:57]
Not knowing what lay ahead[00:01:02]
Waving goodbye as I left them in tears[00:01:07]
Remembering all we'd said[00:01:12]
I looked to the sky I offered my prayers[00:01:16]
I asked him for guidance and strength[00:01:21]
But the simple beliefs of a simple man[00:01:26]
Lay in his hands and on my head[00:01:30]
My head[00:01:36]
I gave everything that they wanted[00:02:02]
But still they wanted more[00:02:07]
We sweat and we toiled[00:02:11]
Good men lost their lives[00:02:14]
I don't think they knew what for[00:02:16]
I sold them my heart[00:02:21]
I sold them my soul[00:02:23]
I gave everything I had[00:02:26]
Ah but they couldn't break my spirit[00:02:31]
My dignity fought back[00:02:35]
Fought back[00:02:40]
Just fought back[00:02:45]
Ah can you hear me[00:02:50]
Can you see[00:02:55]
Don't you hear me[00:03:00]
Don't you see[00:03:05]
We worked in gangs for all we were worth[00:03:19]
The young boys pulling the wagons[00:03:23]
We were digging the tunnel shifting the earth[00:03:28]
It was then that it happened[00:03:34]
No one knew how the cracks appeared[00:03:38]
But as it fell they all disappeared[00:03:43]
Stone fell like rain[00:03:48]
Can you hear me[00:03:50]
Can you see[00:03:55]
Don't you hear me[00:04:00]
Can can you breathe[00:04:04]
The smoke cleared the dust it settled[00:04:45]
No one knew how many had died[00:04:50]
All around there were broken men[00:04:55]
They'd said it was safe they'd lied[00:05:00]
You could hear the cries you could smell our fear[00:05:04]
But good fortune that day was mine[00:05:09]
And it occurred to me that the heart of a good man[00:05:14]
It seems is hard to find[00:05:19]
Ah can you hear me[00:05:23]
Can you see[00:05:28]
Don't you hear me[00:05:33]
Don't you see[00:05:38]
We worked how we worked like[00:06:10]
The devil for our pay[00:06:14]
Through the wind through the snow[00:06:20]
And through the rain[00:06:24]
Blasting and cutting through God's country like a knife[00:06:30]
With sweat stinging my eyes there has to be a better life[00:06:38]
But I can hear my children's cry[00:06:47]
I can see the tears in their eyes[00:06:52]
Memories of those I've left behind[00:06:56]
Still ringing in my ears[00:07:01]
Will I ever go back again[00:07:06]
Will I ever see her face again[00:07:10]
Cause I'll always remember the night[00:07:15]
As they waved goodbye to their fathers[00:07:19]
We came from the South[00:07:26]
And we came from the North[00:07:28]
With picks and with spades[00:07:30]
And a new kind of order[00:07:33]
Showing no fear of what lies up ahead[00:07:35]
They'll never see the likes of us again[00:07:40]
Driving the last spike[00:07:52]
Lifting and laying the track[00:07:54]
With blistering hands[00:08:01]
The sun burning your back[00:08:04]
But I can hear my children's cry[00:08:09]
I can see the tears in their eyes[00:08:13]
Oh the memories of those I've left behind[00:08:18]
They're still ringing in my ears[00:08:22]
Well I'll always remember that night[00:08:27]
As they waved goodbye to their fathers[00:08:31]
We followed the rail we slept under the stars[00:08:38]
Digging in darkness and living with danger[00:08:43]
Showing no fear of what lies up ahead[00:08:48]
They'll never see the likes of us again[00:08:52]
Ah can you hear me[00:09:38]
Can you see[00:09:43]
Don't you hear me[00:09:48]
Don't you see[00:09:53]