《The Talking Leaves》歌词

[00:00:00] The Talking Leaves (Mono Version) - 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

[00:01:17] From where come such snow white leaves

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

[00:01:25] Not even the wise owl could put them there

[00:01:29] So strange these snow white leaves

[00:01:34] His father shielding his concern

[00:01:38] Resenting the knowledge Sequoia yearned

[00:01:41] Crumbled the snow white leaves

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

[00:01:46] Then it's done these are talking leaves my son

[00:01:51] The white men's talking leaves

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

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

[00:02:03] And he makes bird track marks

[00:02:07] And the marks on the leaves

[00:02:09] They say carry messages to his brother far away

[00:02:14] And his brother knows what's in his heart

[00:02:19] They see these marks

[00:02:21] And they understand the truth

[00:02:23] In the heart of the far off man

[00:02:26] The enemies can't hear them

[00:02:30] Said Sequoia's father son

[00:02:33] They weave bad medicine on these talking leaves

[00:02:37] Leave such things to them

[00:02:41] Then Sequoia walking lightly followed his father quietly

[00:02:48] But so amazed was he

[00:02:51] If the white man talks on leaves why not the Cherokee

[00:03:02] Vanished from his father's face Sequoia went

[00:03:06] From place to place

[00:03:07] But he could not forget

[00:03:10] Year after year he worked on

[00:03:12] And on till finally he cut into stone

[00:03:17] The Cherokee alphabet

[00:03:22] Sequoia's hair by now was

[00:03:24] White his eyes began to lose their light

[00:03:28] But he taught all who would believe

[00:03:32] That the Indian's thoughts could be written down

[00:03:35] Just as the white men's there on the ground

[00:03:38] And he left us these talking leaves