《Telegraph Road》歌词

[00:14:20] A long time ago came a man on a track

[00:14:20] Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back

[00:14:20] And he put down his load

[00:14:20] Where he thought it was the best

[00:14:20] He made a home in the wilderness

[00:14:20] He built a cabin and a winter store

[00:14:20] And he plowed up the ground by the cold lake shore

[00:14:20] And the other travellers came walking down the track

[00:14:20] And they never went further no

[00:14:20] They never went back

[00:14:20] Then came the churches

[00:14:20] Then came the schools

[00:14:20] Then came the lawyers

[00:14:20] Then came the rules

[00:14:20] Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads

[00:14:20] And the dirty old track

[00:14:20] Was the telegraph road

[00:14:20] Then came the mines

[00:14:20] Then came the ore

[00:14:20] Then there was the hard times

[00:14:20] Like a rolling river

[00:14:20] And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze

[00:14:20] People driving home from the factories

[00:14:20] Six lanes of traffic

[00:14:20] Three lanes moving slow

[00:14:20] I used to like to go to work

[00:14:20] But they shut it down

[00:14:20] I've got a right to go to work

[00:14:20] But there's no work here to be found

[00:14:20] Yes and they say

[00:14:20] We're gonna have to pay what's owed

[00:14:20] We're gonna have to reap

[00:14:20] From some seed that's been sowed

[00:14:20] And the birds up on the wires

[00:14:20] And the telegraph poles

[00:14:20] They can always fly away from this rain and this cold

[00:14:20] You can hear them singing out their telegraph code

[00:14:20] But I remember those nights

[00:14:20] When life was just a bet on a race between the lights

[00:14:20] You had your head on my shoulder

[00:14:20] You had your hand in my hair

[00:14:20] Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care

[00:14:20] But just believe in me baby and I'll take you away

[00:14:20] From out of this darkness and into the day

[00:14:20] From these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain

[00:14:20] From the anger that lives on the streets with these names

[00:14:20] 'Cos I've run every red light on memory lane

[00:14:20] I've seen desperation explode into flames

[00:14:20] And I don't wanna see it again

[00:14:20] From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed