《Big River》歌词

[00:00:00] Big River (大河) - Jimmy Nail

[00:00:19] Walking on cobble stone little bits of skin and bone

[00:00:27] Jumping on the tram car for a ride

[00:00:36] I can remember then I was just a boy of ten

[00:00:44] Hanging out along the old quayside

[00:00:53] Not all the capstans and the cargo boats

[00:00:58] And stevadores are gone

[00:01:01] To where all the old ships go

[00:01:04] But memories just like the seas live on

[00:01:10] That was when coal was king

[00:01:14] The river was a living thing

[00:01:18] And I was just a boy but it was mine

[00:01:24] The coaly tyne

[00:01:28] For this was a big river

[00:01:34] I want you all to know that I was proud

[00:01:41] This was a big river but that was long ago

[00:01:50] Thats not now thats not now

[00:02:01] My father was a working man

[00:02:05] He earned our living with his hands

[00:02:09] He had to cross the river every day

[00:02:17] He picked up a union card out of the neptune yard

[00:02:26] Mouths to feed and the bills to pay

[00:02:35] Then came a time for him to sail across the sea

[00:02:41] And far away

[00:02:43] Finally when the war was won

[00:02:47] You brought him home and home he stayed

[00:02:52] And when his days were done under a golden sun

[00:03:00] You carried him to where he longed to be

[00:03:06] Back to the sea

[00:03:10] For this was a big river

[00:03:15] I want you all to know that I was proud

[00:03:23] This was a big river but that was long ago

[00:03:32] Thats not now

[00:03:36] Thats not now

[00:03:49] Thats not now

[00:03:59] The neptune was the last to go

[00:04:04] I heard it on my radio

[00:04:08] And then they played the latest number one

[00:04:16] But what do they do all day

[00:04:21] And what are they supposed to say

[00:04:25] What does a father tell his son

[00:04:33] If you believed that theres a bond between our future

[00:04:40] And our past

[00:04:42] Then try to hold on to what we had

[00:04:46] We build them strong we built to last

[00:04:50] Cause this is a mighty town

[00:04:55] Its built upon solid ground

[00:04:59] And everything they tried so hard to kill

[00:05:05] We will rebuild

[00:05:09] For this was a big river

[00:05:14] I want you all to know that I was proud

[00:05:22] This was a big river but that was long ago

[00:05:31] Thats not now

[00:05:35] This is a big river

[00:05:40] And in my heart I know it will rise again

[00:05:46] The river will rise again