《The Patriot’s Dream(Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Patriot's Dream (Album Version) - Gordon Lightfoot

[00:00:02] Written by：GORDON LIGH/LENNY WARONKER

[00:00:09] The songs of the wars are as old as the hills

[00:00:13] They cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills

[00:00:18] They tell of the boys who went down to the tracks

[00:00:22] In a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs

[00:00:28] The patriots dream is as old as the sky

[00:00:32] It lives in the lust of a cold callous lie

[00:00:36] Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill

[00:00:41] Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills

[00:01:05] The train pulled away on that glorious night

[00:01:10] The drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight

[00:01:14] While the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer

[00:01:18] While riding off to glory in the spring of their years

[00:01:24] The patriots dream still lives on today

[00:01:28] It makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray

[00:01:33] Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill

[00:01:37] Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills

[00:01:54] Well there was a sad sad lady

[00:01:57] Weeping all night long

[00:01:59] She received a sad sad message

[00:02:02] From a voice on the telephone

[00:02:05] Her children were all sleeping

[00:02:07] As she waited out the dawn

[00:02:10] How could she tell those children

[00:02:13] That their father was shot down

[00:02:17] So she took them to her side that day

[00:02:19] And she told them one by one

[00:02:22] Your father was a good man ten thousand miles from home

[00:02:32] He tried to do his duty

[00:02:34] And it took him straight to hell

[00:02:37] He might be in some prison

[00:02:40] I hope he's treated well

[00:02:53] Well there was a young girl watching

[00:02:55] In the early afternoon

[00:02:57] When she heard the name of someone

[00:03:00] Who said hed be home soon

[00:03:03] And she wondered how they got him

[00:03:06] But the papers did not tell

[00:03:08] There would be no sweet reunion

[00:03:11] There would be no wedding bells

[00:03:15] So she took herself into her room and

[00:03:18] She turned the bed sheets down

[00:03:20] And she cried into the silken folds

[00:03:23] Of her new wedding gown

[00:03:30] He tried to do his duty

[00:03:33] Took him straight to hell

[00:03:36] He might be in some prison

[00:03:38] I hope he's treated well

[00:03:51] Well there was an old man sitting

[00:03:53] In his mansion on the hill

[00:03:56] And he thought of his good fortune

[00:03:59] The time hed yet o kill

[00:04:01] Well he called to his wife one day come sit

[00:04:04] With me awhile

[00:04:07] Then turning toward the sunset he smiled a wicked smile

[00:04:14] Well I'd like to say I'm sorry for the sinful

[00:04:17] Deeds I've done

[00:04:19] But let me first remind you

[00:04:22] I'm a patriotic son

[00:04:28] They tried to do their duty

[00:04:31] And it took 'em straight to hell

[00:04:34] They might be in some prison

[00:04:36] I hope they're treated well

[00:04:49] The songs of the wars are as old as the hills

[00:04:54] They cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills

[00:04:58] They tell of the boys who went down to the tracks

[00:05:03] In a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs

[00:05:09] The train pulled away on that glorious night

[00:05:13] The drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight

[00:05:17] While the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer

[00:05:22] While riding off to glory in the spring of their years

[00:05:28] The patriots dream still lives on today

[00:05:32] It makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray

[00:05:36] Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill

[00:05:41] Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills