Aussie Bush Band《The Band Played Waltzing Matilda》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:01.09]Now when i was a young man and i carried my pack [00:06.18]And i lived the free life of the rover [00:11.16]From the murray's green basin to the dusty out back [00:16.55]I waltzed my matilda all over [00:21.25]Then in 1915 my country said 'son [00:26.48]It's time to stop rambling  there's work to be done' [00:31.47]And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun [00:37.13]And they sent me away to the war [00:41.98]And the band played waltzing matilda [00:47.08]As the ships pulled away from the quay [00:52.52]And amid all the tears  flag waving and cheers [00:58.96]We sailed off to galipolli [01:04.05]And how i remember that terrible day [01:08.95]How our blood stained the sand and the water [01:13.61]And how in that hell that they called suvla bay [01:19.56]We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter [01:24.31]Johnnie turk was ready  oh he primed himself well [01:29.56]He showered us with bullets and he rained  us with shell [01:34.59]And in ten minutes flat we were all blown to hell [01:39.27]Nearly blew us all back home to australia [01:44.50]But the band played waltzing matilda [01:49.95]As we stuck to bury our slain [01:55.25]We burned ours and the turks buried theirs [02:01.74]And we started all over again [02:07.01]Those who were living just tried to survive [02:12.38]In a mad world of blood death and fire [02:17.27]And for ten weary weeks  i kept myself alive [02:22.34]While around me the corpses piled higher [02:27.20]Then a big turkish shell knocked me arse over head [02:32.40]And when i awoke in my hospital bed [02:38.01]And saw what it had done and i wished i was dead [02:43.24]Never knew there were worse things than dying [02:47.59]For no more i'll go waltzing matilda [02:52.63]All round the green bush far and near [02:58.50]For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs [03:04.77]No more waltzing matilda for me [03:09.92]They collected the crippled  the wounded  the maimed [03:15.41]And they shipped us back home to australia [03:24.31]The armless  the legless  the blind  the insane [03:27.36]Those proud wounded heroes of suvla [03:30.45]And as our ship pulled in to circular key [03:35.61]And i looked at the place where my legs used to be [03:40.68]I thanked christ there was no one there waiting for me [03:46.92]To grieve and to mourn and to pity [03:51.20]And the band played waltzing matilda [03:56.06]As they carried us down the gangway [04:01.59]But nobody cheered  they just stood there and stared [04:08.26]And turned all their faces away [04:33.97]So now every april  i sit on my porch [04:38.91]And i watch the parade pass before me [04:43.81]And i see my old comrades  how proudly they march [04:49.15]Renewing their dreams of past glory [04:54.01]I see the old men all tired  stiff and sore [04:59.82]The weary old heroes of a forgotten war [05:04.91]And the young people ask 'what are they marching for' [05:10.69]And i ask myself the same question [05:14.68]And the band played waltzing matilda [05:19.70]And the old men still answer the call [05:24.96]But year after year  the numbers get fewer [05:31.42]Some day none will march there at all [05:35.62]And the band plays waltzing matilda [05:41.53]And the old men answer to the call [05:45.94]But year after year thats the men disopen