《Canadian Railroad Trilogy(Live)》歌词

歌曲： Canadian Railroad Trilogy(Live)

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

歌手： Gordon Lightfoot

时长： 06:39

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Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live) - Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:00]

Written by：Gordon Lightfoot[00:00:00]

Ready go[00:00:00]

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run[00:00:19]

When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun[00:00:24]

Long before the white man and long before the wheel[00:00:30]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:00:35]

But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds[00:00:45]

As to this verdant country they came from all around[00:00:50]

They sailed upon her waterways[00:00:55]

And they walked the forests tall[00:00:57]

Built the mines mills and the factories for the good of us all[00:01:00]

And when the young man's fancy was turnin' into the spring[00:01:11]

The railroad men grew restless for her hear the hammers ring[00:01:17]

Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day[00:01:22]

And many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay[00:01:27]

For they looked in the future and what did they see[00:01:34]

They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea[00:01:38]

Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land[00:01:43]

All up through the seaports and into their hands[00:01:46]

Look away said they across this mighty land[00:01:51]

From the eastern shore to the western strand[00:01:58]

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails[00:02:05]

We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails[00:02:08]

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow[00:02:12]

Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow[00:02:15]

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails[00:02:19]

We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails[00:02:22]

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow[00:02:26]

Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow[00:02:29]

Get on our way cause we're movin' too slow[00:02:33]

Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'[00:02:45]

The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day[00:02:52]

Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping[00:03:01]

Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away[00:03:09]

We are the navvies who work upon the railway[00:03:17]

Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun[00:03:25]

Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey[00:03:35]

Bendin' our backs 'til the long days are done[00:03:42]

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[00:04:38]

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

The swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay[00:04:45]

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

Away to the bunkhouse and into the town[00:04:52]

A dollar a day and a place for my head[00:04:55]

A drink to the livin' a toast to the dead[00:04:59]

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[00:05:12]

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

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

With our teardrops and our toil[00:05:21]

For there was a time in this fair land[00:05:28]

When the railroad did not run[00:05:31]

When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun[00:05:34]

Long before the white man and long before the wheel[00:05:40]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:05:45]

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real[00:05:50]

And many are the dead men too silent to be real[00:05:55]