Gordon Lightfoot《The Canadian Railroad Trilogy》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:05.61]There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run [00:36.84]When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun [00:46.89]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [00:51.84]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [01:02.31]But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds [01:07.89]As to this verdant country they came from all around [01:13.44]They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall [01:18.78]And they built the mines the mills and the factories for the good of us all [01:29.19]And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the spring [01:34.80]The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring [01:40.14]Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day [01:45.66]And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay [01:53.31]For they looked in the future and what did they see [01:57.96]They saw an iron road runnin' from sea to the sea [02:03.21]Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land [02:07.50]All up through the seaports and into their hands [02:13.53]Look away said they across this mighty land [02:21.81]From the eastern shore to the western strand [02:26.55]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:28.32]We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails [02:31.32]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [02:32.46]Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow [02:33.42]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:34.86]We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails [02:37.32]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [02:38.19]Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow [02:39.42]Get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow [02:40.17]Behind the blue rockies the sun is declinin' [02:41.46]The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day [02:42.78]Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping [02:43.83]Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away [02:45.12]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [02:45.93]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [02:47.07]Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey [02:48.33]Bendin' our old backs 'til the long days are done [02:49.41]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [02:50.55]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [02:51.72]Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges [02:52.62]Bendin' our old backs 'til the railroad is done [02:53.85]So over the mountains and over the plains [02:55.41]Into the muskeg and into the rain [02:56.07]Up the st lawrence all the way to gaspe [02:56.94]Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay [02:58.02]Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down [02:58.80]Away to the bunkhouse and into the town [03:00.27]A dollar a day and a place for my head [03:01.68]A drink to the livin' and a toast to the dead [03:02.85]Oh the song of the future has been sung [03:03.69]All the battles have been won [03:04.32]O'er the mountain tops we stand [03:05.07]All the world at our command [03:05.73]We have opened up the soil [03:06.69]With our teardrops and our toil [03:07.71]For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run [03:09.93]When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun [03:11.55]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [03:13.32]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [03:14.73]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [03:17.91]And many are the dead men too silent to be real