《Waiting at the Gate》歌词

[00:00:00] Waiting at the Gate - Woody Guthrie (伍迪·格思里)

[00:00:02] Written by：Woody Guthrie

[00:00:05] Tell the miners' kids and wives

[00:00:07] There's a blast in the number five

[00:00:10] And the families I see standing at the gate

[00:00:13] The inspector years ago said number five's a deadly hole

[00:00:18] And the men most likely won't come out alive

[00:00:23] Waiting at the gate we are waiting at the gate

[00:00:30] Smoke and fire just boil and roll from that dark and deadly hole

[00:00:34] While the miners' kids and wives wait at the gate

[00:00:39] The inspector told the boss it was more than a year ago

[00:00:43] You're risking these men's lives in number five

[00:00:47] That hole's full of fumes and dust full of high explosive gas

[00:00:51] But the boss said we'll just have to take the chance

[00:00:55] Waiting at the gate we are waiting at the gate

[00:01:02] Smoke and fire just boil and roll from that dark and deadly hole

[00:01:07] While the miners' kids and wives wait at the gate

[00:01:11] Well the men in the number five kissed their wives and kids goodbye

[00:01:15] Then they walk with their lunch kits up the hill

[00:01:19] Everybody told the owner that this deadly day would come

[00:01:23] But he said we had to work to pay our bills

[00:01:27] Waiting at the gate we are waiting at the gate

[00:01:34] Smoke and fire just roll and boil from that dark and deadly hole

[00:01:38] While the miners' kids and wives wait at the gate

[00:01:43] Well I tried to get a look of the face I often know

[00:01:47] As the men are carried out wrapped up in sheets

[00:01:50] I can hear the church bells ringing for the one hundred eleven dead

[00:01:54] I can hear the families weeping in the streets

[00:01:58] Waiting at the gate we are waiting at the gate

[00:02:05] Smoke and fire just roll and boil from that dark and deadly hole

[00:02:10] While the miners' kids and wives wait at the gate

[00:02:15] This explosion struck on Wednesday

[00:02:17] And I stood by the gate till Saturday

[00:02:19] Till they laid my daddy out with the other men

[00:02:23] In the pocket of his shirt I found a little note he wrote

[00:02:27] Never go down in a dangerous mine again

[00:02:31] Waiting at the gate we are waiting at the gate

[00:02:38] Smoke and fire just roll and boil from that dark and deadly hole

[00:02:43] While the miners' kids and wives wait at the gate