《The Wagon Tongue(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:01] The Wagon Tongue (Album Version) - Red Steagall

[00:00:11] I hired on with Colonel Slaughter driving steers to Abilene

[00:00:17] Green and wet behind the ears a kid of seventeen

[00:00:22] Though I was raised in Texas I was not a seasoned hand

[00:00:27] So I got the job of hoodlum the coosie's right-hand man

[00:00:34] On the Llano Estacado all you see is endless plains

[00:00:38] You dread the sound of thunder there's no shelter from the rain

[00:00:44] Now the coosie did a strange thing

[00:00:47] When the evening meal was done

[00:00:49] He'd wait until the stars come out then move the wagon tongue

[00:00:55] He said son there ain't no landmarks

[00:00:57] On these wide and rollin' plains

[00:01:00] There ain't no trees or mountains so each day it looks the same

[00:01:06] But you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are

[00:01:11] If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star

[00:01:17] Out along the Cimarron one cold and stormy night

[00:01:22] I watched the cattle stampede through the lightning's eerie light

[00:01:28] Took several days to round 'em up get 'em settled down

[00:01:33] And we followed in the wagon through the soft and muddy ground

[00:01:38] As we pushed the herd across the plains we had no way to know

[00:01:43] That we had drifted way off course towards New Mexico

[00:01:49] But the night the stars came out his theory stood the test

[00:01:54] Abilene's up north of us but we were headed west

[00:02:00] He said son there ain't no landmarks

[00:02:02] On these wide and rollin' plains

[00:02:05] There ain't no trees or mountains so each day it looks the same

[00:02:10] But you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are

[00:02:16] If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star

[00:02:22] My life has been a full one my hair is turnin' gray

[00:02:27] And I've seen a lot of sunshine but I've seen some cloudy days

[00:02:33] For a while I wondered aimlessly and I still wear the scars

[00:02:38] Of when I didn't point my wagon tongue toward that ol' north star

[00:02:44] 'Cause life is like a grassy sea the trail ain't always plain

[00:02:49] One may lead to pleasure and another lead to pain

[00:02:54] But you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are

[00:02:59] If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star

[00:03:05] Yes you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are

[00:03:10] If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star