《The Day John Henry Died》歌词

[00:00:00] The Day John Henry Died - Drive-By Truckers

[00:00:00] I watched the rain it settled in we disappeared for days again

[00:00:07] Most of us were staying in lazy like the sky

[00:00:13] The letters flew across the wire filtered through a million liars

[00:00:20] The whole world smelled like burning tires the day john henry died

[00:00:26] We knew about that big machine that ran on human hope and steam

[00:00:33] Bets on john were far between and mostly on the side

[00:00:39] We heard he put up quite a fight his hands and feet turned snowy white

[00:00:46] That hammer rang out through the night the day john henry died

[00:00:52] When john henry was a little bitty baby nobody ever taught him how to read

[00:01:04] But he knew the perfect way to hold a hammer was the way

[00:01:12] The railroad baron held the deed

[00:01:18] It didn't matter if he won if he lived or if he'd run

[00:01:24] They changed the way his job was done labor costs were high

[00:01:31] That new machine was cheap as hell and only john would work as well

[00:01:37] So they left him laying where he fell the day john henry died

[00:01:45] John henry was a steel driving bastard but john henry was a bastard

[00:01:54] Just the same

[00:01:58] An engine never thinks about his daddy and an engine never needs

[00:02:07] To write it's name

[00:02:11] So pack your bags we're headed west and l a ain't no place to rest

[00:02:17] You'll need some sleep to pass the test so get some on the flight

[00:02:24] And say your prayers john henry ford 'cause we don't need your work no more

[00:02:31] You should have known the final score the day john henry died

[00:02:40] The day john henry died