《King Of Kalgoorlie》歌词

[00:00:00] King Of Kalgoorlie - Slim Dusty

[00:00:01] Written by：Slim Dusty/Tex Morton

[00:00:08] One night I was strollin' the time seemed to drag

[00:00:11] I paused for a drink from the bronze water bag

[00:00:15] That old Paddy Hannan holds out all the while

[00:00:19] And I'll swear that he slipped me a wink and a smile

[00:00:24] Born on the breeze came the throb of the mines

[00:00:28] And up in the city the mid nightly chimes

[00:00:31] And the ghosts of the past and Paddy and I

[00:00:35] Delved in the realms of the days long gone by

[00:00:42] From all the world over adventurers came

[00:00:46] To gamble their lives on the Nullarbor plain

[00:00:50] They'd fight and they'd laugh they'd love and they'd live

[00:00:54] And they'd die as they saw what the earth had to give

[00:01:07] For how many times has the story been told

[00:01:10] On the fields they all knew there are two kinds of gold

[00:01:14] There's the gold that men die for and struggle and strive

[00:01:18] And the gold we call water that keeps men alive

[00:01:23] We can only imagine their perils and fears

[00:01:27] The hardships the heartaches their triumphs and tears

[00:01:30] Dame fortune was fickle while many she spurned

[00:01:34] She smiled upon others some never returned

[00:01:41] Today there are younger strong hands at the reins

[00:01:44] But the gallant old prospector always remains

[00:01:49] He's there in the sunset the trees and the dust

[00:01:53] His spirit is ours in his land our trust

[00:02:05] Oh he's there sure enough in the big school of mines

[00:02:09] In the books in the children those brave little vines

[00:02:13] For the soul does not die as it passes the years

[00:02:16] And what braver men than the old pioneers

[00:02:21] So old Paddy Hannan sits there on his throne

[00:02:25] And dreams of the past and the days he had known

[00:02:29] The clothes that he wears are not much for style

[00:02:33] But who cares for that on the old golden mile

[00:02:39] Yes old Paddy Hannan in sunshine or rain

[00:02:43] Dwells in the street which carries his name

[00:02:47] His majesty watches out there all alone

[00:02:51] The King of Kalgoorlie on his street corner throne