Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman《Blind Willie McTell》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:11.77]Seen the arrow on the doorpost [00:17.34]Saying This land is condemned [00:24.88]All the way from New Orleans [00:30.95]To Jerusalem [00:35.89]I traveled through East Texas [00:42.56]Where many martyrs fell [00:48.55]And I know no one can sing the blues [00:53.51]Like Blind Willie McTell [00:59.97]Well I heard the hoot owl singing [01:06.57]As they were taking down the tents [01:12.60]The stars above the barren trees [01:17.60]Were his only audience [01:23.79]Them charcoal gypsy maidens [01:30.57]Can strut their feathers well [01:36.57]But nobody can sing the blues [01:41.45]Like Blind Willie McTell [01:47.77]See them big plantations burning [01:55.04]Hear the cracking of the whips [01:59.67]Smell that sweet magnolia blooming [02:05.36]And see the ghosts of slavery ships [02:11.53]I can hear them tribes a moaning [02:19.04]I can hear the undertaker's bell [02:24.89]Nobody can sing the blues [02:29.30]Like Blind Willie McTell [02:35.97]There's a woman by the river [02:42.86]With some fine young handsome man [02:47.88]He's dressed up like a squire [02:54.94]Bootlegged whiskey in his hand [02:59.61]There's a chain gang on the highway [03:06.58]I can hear them rebels yell [03:12.56]And I know no one can sing the blues [03:17.61]Like Blind Willie McTell [03:39.30]Well God is in heaven [03:45.81]And we all want what's his [03:51.02]But power and greed and corruptible seed [03:56.99]Seem to be all that there is [04:03.02]I'm gazing out the window [04:09.93]Of the St James Hotel [04:14.92]And I know no one can sing the blues [04:20.45]Like Blind Willie McTell