Tom Russell《Isaac Lewis》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:25.42]My name is isaac lewis [00:28.37]I'm an able bodied man [00:32.33]On the ship the royal charter bound off for van dieman's land [00:39.13]Oh the sea that took six months to cross we could do in two [00:45.59]So it's up that mersey river out of liverpool we flew [00:52.81]And some of us were sailors [00:55.73]All hardies young and old [00:59.57]And some of us were pioneers bound off for the gold [01:06.30]There were merchants and musicians [01:09.73]Christian soldiers of the cross [01:14.03]We stared into that foamy sea [01:17.48]Saw our dreams there in the broth [01:21.52]Sail on [01:24.34]Sail on and on and on [01:29.01]My name is isaac lewis [01:32.87]And this shall be my song [01:41.01]So we landed there in botany bay and the boys went on the town [01:48.44]And I met a girl named emma gray and I loved her up and down [01:55.53]And I swore that I'd return for her [01:58.77]One more tour of sea [02:02.91]But I had to tell to tell my father what he meant to me [02:10.24]For every night I dreamed a dream as the wind swept thru the sails [02:17.68]That I was in my father's house [02:20.83]Back in northern wales [02:24.79]And I reached out for my father [02:27.58]I said I love you very much [02:31.99]But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned [02:35.17]Before we got to touch [02:38.72]Sail on [02:42.03]Sail on and on and on [02:46.32]My name is isaac lewis [02:49.49]And this will be my song [02:53.56]So I kissed the lips of emma gray and set sail for liverpool [02:59.57]And the parrots perched in the riggings [03:02.02]Boys [03:02.69]And the dolphins swam in schools [03:06.81]Our trip it was a pleasant one till we reached the coast of wales [03:13.95]And one day out from liverpool [03:17.24]God unleashed a gale [03:21.22]Good lord [03:22.39]I've seen some squalls [03:23.77]Me boys [03:24.61]And hurricanes at sea [03:28.54]And many nights I'd rediscovered faith on bended knee [03:35.78]But I'd never seen it blow so hard [03:38.94]We anchored her at last [03:43.01]But the waves rolled o'er the top of us [03:46.11]We had to cut the masts [03:50.07]And all the mining magnates clutched their gold believing they'd be saved [03:57.32]But their bloody greed destroyed them first beneath the angry waves [04:04.64]All the women and the children lost to eternity [04:11.55]Ah [04:11.89]Man has tames and shaped the land [04:14.93]He'll never tame the sea [04:18.97]For every night I had dreamed a dream as the wind swept through the sails [04:26.47]That I was in my father's house [04:29.54]Back in northern wales [04:33.49]And I reached out for my father [04:36.30]I said I love you very much [04:40.65]But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned [04:43.79]Before we got to touch [04:47.43]Sail on hum [05:03.67]We were caught upon the rocks just 10yards from the shore [05:10.96]And we saw men standing on those rocks [05:14.21]Maybe three or more [05:18.20]And I swear I saw my father [05:21.06]Waving at me through the squall [05:25.47]And I screamed that I was I coming home but that's all that I recall [05:32.60]For the waves they swept me overboard with the broken masts and sails [05:39.92]And I drowned where as a child I'd fished on the rocks of northern wales [05:47.12]And in three days' time I washed upon the whitened sandy shore [05:54.23]100yards from moelfre [05:57.22]My father's wide oak door [06:01.17]Sail on [06:04.54]And on and on and on [06:08.79]My name is isaac lewis and this shall be my song [06:16.19]And some will shout coincidence or say this can't be true [06:23.63]I only say just tell your loved ones what they mean to you [06:30.89]For you shall sail the seas of life [06:33.91]Pursuing golden schemes [06:37.98]Yet drown so closely to your home [06:41.18]The cradle of your dreams [06:44.78]Sail on [06:48.07]Sail on and on and on [06:52.44]My name is isaac lewis and this has been my song [07:01.23]My name is isaac lewis and this has been my song