《The Sky Above， The Mud Below》歌词

[00:00:00] The Sky Above, The Mud Below - Tom Russell (汤姆罗素)/Ramblin' Jack Elliott

[00:00:11] Two men rode in from the south a rainy autumn night

[00:00:16] The sky above and the mud below

[00:00:22] They walked into the deacon's bar they were mexican by sight

[00:00:26] The sky above and the mud below

[00:00:33] They threw a horse hair bridle down we trade this for whiskey round

[00:00:38] The deacon slams a bottle down two men start to drinkin'

[00:00:45] Their hair was long and black tied up behind their ears

[00:00:49] The sky above and the mud below

[00:00:56] Their faces were identical like one man beside a mirror

[00:01:00] The sky above and the mud below

[00:01:06] Then someone whispers that beats all their wanted poster's on the wall

[00:01:12] Twin brothers name of sandoval horse thieves from boquillas

[00:01:23] Now the bridle and the belts they wore were braided gray and black

[00:01:28] The sky above and the mud below

[00:01:34] The color of a roan horse once belonged to deacon black

[00:01:39] The sky above and the mud below

[00:01:45] The fastest horse for miles around he'd been stolen from the old fairgrounds

[00:01:50] A month ago outside of town we tracked but never found him

[00:02:00] Now the deacon was a preacher who had fallen hard from grace

[00:02:05] The sky above and the mud below

[00:02:11] He owned the bar and a string of quarter horses that he'd race

[00:02:15] The sky above and the mud below

[00:02:21] Yet deacon he could drink and curse though he still quoted sacred verse

[00:02:27] He was sheriff judge he owned the hearse a man you do not anger

[00:02:34] The sky above the mud below the wind and rain the sleet and snow

[00:02:39] Two horse thieves from mexico drinkin' hard and singin'

[00:02:49] One brother he spoke english deacon inquires as to their work

[00:02:54] The sky above and the mud below

[00:03:00] The man says mister we braid horsehair bridles ropes and quirts

[00:03:05] The sky above and the mud below

[00:03:11] Yah that fine bridle we did make a roan horse

[00:03:14] Killed by leg bone break

[00:03:16] He's horsehair rope now horse meat steak we cleaned him to the bone

[00:03:25] Well these gentlemen they were ignorant or didn't know just where they were

[00:03:30] The sky above and the mud below

[00:03:36] The deacon's face grew darker as he measured every word

[00:03:41] The sky above and the mud below

[00:03:47] You horsehair braidin' sons of b**ches stole my claim to earthly riches

[00:03:53] Someone go and dig a ditch there may well be a hangin'

[00:04:02] One brother reached inside his shirt a searching for his gun

[00:04:07] The sky above and the mud below

[00:04:13] Too late for deak had whipped around his sawed off remington

[00:04:17] The sky above and the mud below

[00:04:24] The twins they raised their hands and sneered deak was grinnin' ear to ear

[00:04:29] He says courts in session hear ye hear yer's truly is presidin'

[00:04:40] Well the trial commenced and ended quick they didn't have a hope

[00:04:44] The sky above and the mud below

[00:04:51] Deak says we'll cut your hair now boys

[00:04:53] Then you can braid yourselves a rope

[00:04:55] The sky above and the mud below

[00:05:01] The old testament it says somewhere 'eye for eye and hair for hair

[00:05:07] Covet not thy neighbor's mare' I believe that's revelations

[00:05:16] Now that fancy horsehair bridle it hangs on deacon's wall

[00:05:21] The sky above and the mud below

[00:05:28] Next to that wanted poster of the brothers sandoval

[00:05:32] The sky above and the mud below

[00:05:38] And the twisted rope so shiny black the artifact that broke their necks

[00:05:44] Their craftmanship he did respect they shoulda struck to braidin'

[00:05:51] The sky above the mud below the wind and rain the sleet and snow

[00:05:56] The deacon's hearse is rollin' slow in the first blue light of morning