《The Last Ride》歌词

[00:00:00] The Last Ride - Hank Snow

[00:00:03] In the Dodge City Yards of the Santa Fe

[00:00:06] Stood a freight made up for the east

[00:00:08] And the engineer with his oil and waste

[00:00:11] Was groomin' the great iron beast

[00:00:13] While ten cars back in the murky dust

[00:00:16] A boxcar door swung wide

[00:00:19] And a hobo lifted his pal aboard

[00:00:21] To start on his last long ride

[00:00:24] A lantern swung and the freight pulled out

[00:00:26] The engine it gathered speed

[00:00:29] The engineer pulled the throttle wide

[00:00:31] And clucked to his fiery steed

[00:00:34] Ten cars back in the empty box

[00:00:36] The hobo rolled uphill

[00:00:39] The flare of the match showed his partner's face

[00:00:41] Stark white and deathly still

[00:00:44] As the train wheels clicked on the couplin' joints

[00:00:46] A song for the rambler's ear

[00:00:49] The hobo talked to the still white form

[00:00:51] His pal for many a year

[00:00:55] For a mighty long time we've rambled Jack

[00:00:58] With the luck of men that roam

[00:01:00] With the backdoor steps for a dining room

[00:01:03] And a boxcar for a home

[00:01:06] We dodged the bulls on the Eastern route

[00:01:08] And the cops on the Chesapeake

[00:01:11] We travelled the Leadville narrow gauge

[00:01:13] In the days of Cripple Creek

[00:01:16] We drifted down thru sunny Cal

[00:01:18] On the rails of that old S P

[00:01:21] And of all you had thru good and bad

[00:01:23] A half always belonged to me

[00:01:26] You made me promise to you Jack

[00:01:28] If I lived and you cashed in

[00:01:31] To take you back to the old church yard

[00:01:33] And bury you there with your kin

[00:01:36] You seemed to know I would keep my word

[00:01:38] 'Cause you said that I was right

[00:01:40] Well I'm keepin' my promise to you pal

[00:01:44] 'Cause I'm takin' you home tonight

[00:01:46] I haven't the money to send you there

[00:01:48] So I'm takin' you back on the fly

[00:01:51] It's the decent way for a 'bo to go

[00:01:54] Home to the by and by

[00:01:56] I knew that that fever had you Jack

[00:01:58] And that doctor he just wouldn't come

[00:02:00] He was too busy treatin' the wealthy folks

[00:02:02] To doctor a worn-out bum

[00:02:06] As the train rolled over it's ribbons of steel

[00:02:08] Straight thru to the East it sped

[00:02:11] The engineer in his high cab seat

[00:02:13] Kept his eye on the rails ahead

[00:02:16] While ten cars back in the empty box

[00:02:18] A lonely hobo sighed

[00:02:21] For the days of old and his pal so cold

[00:02:23] Who was takin' his last long ride