《The Almost Man》歌词

[00:00:00] The Almost Man - Allan Taylor (艾伦·泰勒)/Ian Melrose/Hans-Joerg Maucksch/Hrolfur Vagnsson

[00:00:25] As my father lay dying I was holding his hand

[00:00:33] He said

[00:00:34] Someday there's one thing you must understand

[00:00:42] All my life I've been an almost man

[00:00:49] Don't make the same mistake as me

[00:00:54] Cause I've never got to drive a real fast car

[00:01:00] Nor get crazy drunk in a downtown bar

[00:01:06] And I've never even got to go that far

[00:01:13] There was so much I wanted to see

[00:01:21] When he made it back from that terrible war

[00:01:29] Things would going to be

[00:01:30] Different from they'd been before

[00:01:34] 'Cause he had a family and a love to live forward

[00:01:40] He got a job and he settled down

[00:01:47] He worked real hard to keep the family tight

[00:01:53] Every day he did what he thought was right

[00:01:59] But he never got ahead and tried as he might

[00:02:05] He was always just breaking even

[00:02:15] And before in your hand it was all too late

[00:02:20] His time had passed and time can't wait

[00:02:27] There're some things in life that you just can't beat

[00:02:33] It's a fight you're never gonna win

[00:02:39] When he died his ashes were sent through the post

[00:02:45] And I thought about what he would have wanted the most

[00:02:51] So I went and bought that real fast car

[00:02:55] And I damned the curse

[00:02:57] Then I struck to meet him we hit the highway

[00:03:07] Hey old man now you know how it feels

[00:03:14] Isn't she just the greatest set of wheels

[00:03:19] She is a bright red beauty of cool polish deal

[00:03:25] We're gonna turn some heads today

[00:03:32] We drove like the wind down to London town

[00:03:37] We got crazy drunk and started falling down

[00:03:44] When a new day broke and we came around

[00:03:49] I took him down to look at the sea

[00:03:59] We stood on Brighton Beach where it all began

[00:04:05] Where my father's son became a man

[00:04:11] And I said to him now you can understand

[00:04:18] What you have meant to me

[00:04:24] 'Cause I got you that ride in a real fast car

[00:04:30] We got crazy drunk in a downtown bar

[00:04:36] And we made it together and we've come this far

[00:04:42] And I did it all for you

[00:04:50] So I will take that ride well it's given for free

[00:04:59] I will be the man he always wanted to be

[00:05:08] And if somehow he is looking down on me

[00:05:14] I know he will smile and say you did it well

[00:05:21] Let's take that drive in a real fast car

[00:05:26] Let's get crazy drunk in every downtown bar

[00:05:33] Let's get on the road and follow that golden star

[00:05:39] Take it all the way to the end

[00:05:45] Let's get on the road and follow that golden star

[00:05:51] Take it all the way to the end