《St. John The Gambler》歌词

[00:00:00] St. John The Gambler - Townes Van Zandt

[00:00:06] When she had twenty years

[00:00:10] She turned to her mother

[00:00:13] Saying Mother I know that you'll grieve

[00:00:20] But I've given my soul to St John the gambler

[00:00:26] Tomorrow comes time to leave

[00:00:33] For the hills cannot hold back

[00:00:36] My sorrow forever

[00:00:40] And dead men lay deep 'round the door

[00:00:46] The only salvation thats mine for the asking

[00:00:53] So mother think on me no more

[00:01:00] Winter held high round the mountains breast

[00:01:06] And the cold of a thousand snows

[00:01:13] Lay heaped upon the forests leaf

[00:01:19] But she dressed in calico

[00:01:26] For a gambler likes his women fancy

[00:01:33] Fancy she would be

[00:01:39] And the fire of her longing

[00:01:42] Would keep way the cold

[00:01:46] And her dress was a sight to see

[00:01:52] But the road was long beneath the feet

[00:01:59] She followed her frozen breath

[00:02:06] In search of a certain St John the gambler

[00:02:12] Stumbling to her death

[00:02:19] She heard his laughter

[00:02:22] Right down from the mountains

[00:02:26] And danced with her mothers tears

[00:02:32] To a funeral drawn a calico

[00:02:39] 'Neath the cross of twenty years

[00:02:46] To a funeral drawn a calico

[00:02:52] 'Neath the cross of twenty years