《Three Mules》歌词

[00:00:00] Three Mules - Al Stewart (阿尔·史蒂伍德)

[00:00:04] Three mules came over a hill

[00:00:07] They were dragging a cart

[00:00:10] Creaking it seemed to be falling apart

[00:00:15] Laden with millions of dreams

[00:00:17] It weighed more than they thought

[00:00:21] They never noticed the wheels getting caught

[00:00:25] They pulled on staring ahead

[00:00:29] With blinkered eyes and lowered heads

[00:00:34] Hoping that all would be fine

[00:00:37] I see them now

[00:00:39] Time out of time

[00:00:45] Ramsey and Stanley and Neville

[00:00:48] Were the names of the mules

[00:00:51] Each wore a bridle encrusted with jewels

[00:00:55] And though a murmur of voices

[00:00:58] Was rising behind

[00:01:02] Each laboured on

[00:01:03] And they paid it no mind

[00:01:05] They pulled on with never a doubt

[00:01:09] Past boulders and holes

[00:01:11] Till the road petered out

[00:01:14] And giving a snort they sat down

[00:01:18] Waiting for somebody else to come round

[00:01:22] And from this are our lives writ large

[00:01:26] From the beach at Dunkirk

[00:01:28] To Pickett's Charge

[00:01:30] And it's hard to go back

[00:01:32] After coming this far

[00:01:38] Down the road

[00:01:47] Three mules looked over a fence

[00:01:50] At the field beyond

[00:01:53] Green as a forest it shone in the sun

[00:01:58] Into the stillness they broke

[00:02:00] Like a stone in a pond

[00:02:04] And kicking the gate down

[00:02:06] They brayed at the ground

[00:02:07] And pulled on tugging a dream

[00:02:11] Out of a smile and into a scream

[00:02:16] And tossed the damp soil all around

[00:02:20] Until the whole field turned muddy brown

[00:02:25] And from this are our lives writ large

[00:02:28] From the beach at Dunkirk

[00:02:31] To Pickett's Charge

[00:02:32] And it's hard to go back

[00:02:35] After coming this far

[00:02:40] Down the road

[00:02:49] Ah but it's not very easy now being a mule

[00:02:58] I don't believe you appreciate all that we do

[00:03:06] Look at this long and unfortunate face

[00:03:11] Try to imagine that you're in my place

[00:03:15] This is my nature

[00:03:17] And to it I have to be true

[00:03:59] Three mules came over a hill

[00:04:02] With a sorrowful air

[00:04:06] Though we've been judged they said

[00:04:08] It's hardly fair

[00:04:10] All that we did was for you

[00:04:13] And the good of the 'cause

[00:04:17] Then they went back to the sound of applause

[00:04:21] They went back into the night

[00:04:24] Where a sickle of moon

[00:04:26] Left a trickle of light

[00:04:30] And while we lay under our roofs

[00:04:33] The whole night filled up

[00:04:35] With the beating of hooves

[00:04:38] And from this are our lives writ large

[00:04:41] From the beach at Dunkirk

[00:04:44] To Pickett's Charge

[00:04:45] And it's hard to go back

[00:04:48] After coming this far

[00:04:53] Down the road

[00:05:01] And from this are our lives writ large

[00:05:05] And every day

[00:05:07] Is Pickett's Charge

[00:05:09] And it's hard to go back

[00:05:11] After coming this far

[00:05:16] Down the road