《Canadian Railroad Trilogy(Live)》歌词

[00:00:00] Canadian Railroad Trilogy(live 版) - Gordon Lightfoot

[00:00:25] There was a time in this fair land

[00:00:27] When the railroad did not run

[00:00:30] When the wild majestic mountains

[00:00:33] Stood alone against the sun

[00:00:37] Long before the white man and long before the wheel

[00:00:43] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:00:54] But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds

[00:01:00] As to this verdant country they came from all around

[00:01:06] They sailed upon her waterways

[00:01:09] And they walked the forests tall

[00:01:12] And they built the mines the mills

[00:01:14] And the factories for the good of us all

[00:01:23] And when the young man's fancy

[00:01:25] Was turnin' to the spring

[00:01:29] The railroad men grew restless

[00:01:31] For to hear the hammers ring

[00:01:35] Their minds were overflowing

[00:01:37] With the visions of their day

[00:01:41] And many a fortune lost

[00:01:43] And won and many a debt to pay

[00:01:49] For they looked in the future

[00:01:53] And what did they see

[00:01:55] They saw an iron road runnin' from sea to the sea

[00:02:00] Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land

[00:02:05] All up through the seaports and into their hands

[00:02:11] Look away said they across this mighty land

[00:02:20] From the eastern shore to the western strand

[00:02:30] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

[00:02:35] We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

[00:02:40] Open 'er heart let the life blood flow

[00:02:44] Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow

[00:02:50] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

[00:02:54] We're gonna lay down the tracks

[00:02:56] And tear up the trails

[00:02:59] Open 'er heart let the life blood flow

[00:03:03] Gotta get on our way '

[00:03:05] Cause we're movin' too slow

[00:03:08] Get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow

[00:03:22] Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'

[00:03:29] The stars they come stealin'

[00:03:33] At the close of the day

[00:03:38] Across the wide prairie

[00:03:41] Our loved ones lie sleeping

[00:03:46] Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away

[00:03:54] We are the navvies who work upon the railway

[00:04:01] Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

[00:04:10] Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey

[00:04:17] Bendin' our old backs 'til the long days are done

[00:04:25] We are the navvies who work upon the railway

[00:04:33] Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

[00:04:42] Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges

[00:04:49] Bendin' our old backs 'til the railroad is done

[00:05:11] So over the mountains and over the plains

[00:05:17] Into the muskeg and into the rain

[00:05:23] Up the St Lawrence all the way to Gaspe

[00:05:27] Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay

[00:05:32] Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down

[00:05:36] Away to the bunkhouse and into the town

[00:05:41] A dollar a day and a place for my head

[00:05:46] A drink to the livin' and a toast to the dead

[00:05:52] Oh the song of the future has been sung

[00:05:59] All the battles have been won

[00:06:03] O'er the mountain tops we stand

[00:06:08] All the world at our command

[00:06:12] We have opened up the soil

[00:06:17] With our teardrops and our toil

[00:06:25] For there was a time in this fair land

[00:06:28] When the railroad did not run

[00:06:31] When the wild majestic mountains stood

[00:06:34] Alone against the sun

[00:06:38] Long before the white man and long before the wheel

[00:06:43] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:06:49] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:06:55] And many are the dead men too silent to be real