《The Talking Leaves》歌词

[00:00:00] The Talking Leaves - Johnny Cash

[00:00:01] Written By：Johnny Cash

[00:00:27] Sequoia's winters were sixteen silent tongue spirit clean

[00:00:34] He walked at his father's side

[00:00:37] Across the smoking battle ground

[00:00:41] Where red and white men lay all around

[00:00:45] So many here had died

[00:00:48] The wind had scattered around snow

[00:00:51] White leaves upon the ground

[00:00:55] Not leaves like leaves from trees

[00:00:59] Sequoia said what can this be

[00:01:02] What's the strange thing here I see

[00:01:05] From where come leaves like these

[00:01:11] Sequoia turned to his father's eyes

[00:01:14] And he said father you're wise

[00:01:18] From where come such snow white leaves

[00:01:22] With such strange marks upon these squares

[00:01:26] Not even the wise owl could put them there

[00:01:30] So strange these snow white leaves

[00:01:35] His father shielding his concern

[00:01:39] Resenting the knowledge Sequoia yearned

[00:01:42] Crumbled the snow white leaves

[00:01:45] He said when I explain

[00:01:47] Then it's done these are talking leaves my son

[00:01:52] The white men's talking leaves

[00:01:56] The white man takes a berry of black and red

[00:02:01] And an eagle's feather from the eagle's bed

[00:02:04] And he makes bird track marks

[00:02:08] And the marks on the leaves

[00:02:10] They say carry messages to his brother far away

[00:02:15] And his brother knows what's in his heart

[00:02:20] They see these marks

[00:02:22] And they understand the truth

[00:02:24] In the heart of the far off man

[00:02:27] The enemies can't hear them

[00:02:31] Said Sequoia's father son

[00:02:34] They weave bad medicine on these talking leaves

[00:02:38] Leave such things to them

[00:02:42] Then Sequoia walking lightly followed his father quietly

[00:02:49] But so amazed was he

[00:02:52] If the white man talks on leaves why not the Cherokee

[00:03:03] Vanished from his father's face Sequoia went

[00:03:07] From place to place

[00:03:09] But he could not forget

[00:03:11] Year after year he worked on

[00:03:13] And on till finally he cut into stone

[00:03:18] The Cherokee alphabet

[00:03:23] Sequoia's hair by now was

[00:03:25] White his eyes began to lose their light

[00:03:30] But he taught all who would believe

[00:03:33] That the Indian's thoughts could be written down

[00:03:37] Just as the white men's there on the ground

[00:03:40] And he left us these talking leaves