《Sweeney(2004 Remaster)》歌词

歌曲： Sweeney(2004 Remaster)

所属专辑：People And Places

歌手： Slim Dusty & His Bushland

时长： 03:14

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Sweeney (2004 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提)[00:00:00]

It was somewhere in September[00:00:03]

And the sun was goin＇ down[00:00:05]

When I came in search of coffee [00:00:08]

To a Darling River town[00:00:11]

Come-And-Have-A-Drink[00:00:15]

We＇ll call it ＇tis a fitting name I think[00:00:16]

And ＇twas raining for a wonder [00:00:20]

Up at Come-And-Have-A-Drink[00:00:23]

Underneath the pub verandah[00:00:27]

I was resting on a bunk[00:00:30]

When a stranger rose before me [00:00:33]

And he said that he was drunk[00:00:35]

He apologised for speaking [00:00:39]

There was no offence he swore[00:00:42]

But he somehow seemed to fancy[00:00:45]

That he＇d seen my face before[00:00:47]

He agreed you can＇t remember[00:00:52]

All the chaps you chance to meet[00:00:54]

And he said his name was Sweeney [00:00:57]

People lived in Sussex Street[00:01:00]

He was camping in a stable [00:01:04]

That he swore that he was right[00:01:06]

Only for the blanky horses[00:01:09]

Walkin＇ over him all night[00:01:11]

He＇d apparently been fighting [00:01:16]

For his face was black and blue[00:01:19]

And it looked as though[00:01:21]

The horses had been treading on him too[00:01:23]

But an honest genial twinkle[00:01:28]

In the eye that wasn＇t hurt[00:01:31]

Seemed to hint of something better [00:01:33]

Spite of drink and rags and dirt[00:01:36]

He was born in Parramatta[00:01:40]

And he said with humour grim[00:01:42]

That he＇d like to see the city [00:01:45]

＇ere the liquor finished him[00:01:48]

But he couldn＇t raise the money [00:01:52]

He was damned if he could think[00:01:55]

What the Government was doing here [00:01:57]

He offered me a drink[00:02:00]

I declined ＇twas self-denial[00:02:04]

And I lectured him on booze[00:02:07]

Using all the hackneyed arguments[00:02:10]

That preachers mostly use[00:02:12]

Things I＇d heard in temperance lectures [00:02:16]

I was young and rather green[00:02:19]

And I ended[00:02:22]

By referring to the man he might have been[00:02:23]

But he couldn＇t stay to argue [00:02:28]

For his beer was nearly gone[00:02:31]

He was glad he said to meet me [00:02:33]

And he＇d see me later on[00:02:36]

But he guessed he＇d have to go[00:02:40]

And get his bottle filled again[00:02:43]

And he gave a lurch[00:02:46]

And vanished in the darkness and the rain[00:02:47]

Now of afternoons in cities [00:02:54]

When the rain is on the land[00:02:56]

Visions come to me of Sweeney [00:02:59]

With his bottle in his hand[00:03:02]