《A Picture Of Home(1996 Digital Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:00] A Picture Of Home (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提)

[00:00:06] My story swings around the bunch of soldiers

[00:00:12] Resting close behind the battle scene

[00:00:16] There were men from many nations represented

[00:00:22] A rugged cup united nations team

[00:00:27] They spoke about their own beloved homeland

[00:00:32] Resting far from all the tortured battle scenes

[00:00:37] On this day the lad who claimed the most attention

[00:00:42] A young Australian soldier who began

[00:00:50] Oh I have never claimed to be a namatjira

[00:00:55] I have never taken up the painters brush

[00:01:00] But in words my lads I'll paint for you a picture

[00:01:05] Of my homeland in the wide Australian bush

[00:01:11] Have you ever seen the western plains at sundown

[00:01:16] And the firey streaks that seem to blaze across

[00:01:21] And then later in the evenin' see a ghost gum

[00:01:26] And then silently we meet the southern 'cross

[00:01:31] Have you ever heard the wild swan in it's calling

[00:01:36] In the stillness of some far away lagoon

[00:01:42] Or seen the place where brumbies come to water

[00:01:47] They always come at the rising of the moon

[00:01:52] Have you ever wandered through some burning gully

[00:01:57] In springtime when the wattles are in bloom

[00:02:02] If you've never then you've never known the sweetness

[00:02:07] That fills the air around with it's perfume

[00:02:12] Have you ever gazed upon a peaceful homestead

[00:02:17] With the old blue mountains standing in the view

[00:02:23] See the homestead cattle grazing by the river

[00:02:28] From the hillside bounds an old man kangaroo

[00:02:33] In the ev'nin see the smoke rise from the chimney

[00:02:38] Tells that day is done and soon it's time for tea

[00:02:43] Hear the jackass laughter ringing through the bushland

[00:02:49] Well that's God's own country and home sweet home to me

[00:02:53] Have you ever seen a wheat field in the morning

[00:02:58] When the dawn wind ripples through the golden grain

[00:03:04] Or wandered through the farmlands in the dawn time

[00:03:09] And smelt their earthly sweetness after rain

[00:03:14] Oh I have never claimed to be a namatjira

[00:03:19] As I'd said before I've never used a brush

[00:03:24] But I hope my lads I've painted you a picture

[00:03:29] Of my homeland in the wide Australian bush