《The Flint Arrowhead》歌词

[00:00:00] The Flint Arrowhead - Johnny Cash

[00:00:05] While traveling this land from

[00:00:07] Border to border and from sea to sea

[00:00:10] There have a few occasions to leave the

[00:00:12] Beaten path and to find the place

[00:00:14] And quiet that's good for thought

[00:00:17] And just walking through a trackless forest

[00:00:19] Or exploring ruins of the earliest settlers

[00:00:22] Or walking along a creek bed

[00:00:25] Hoping to find a relic such as a Tomahawk an axe

[00:00:29] Or even an arrowhead left by a race of long

[00:00:32] Since vanished Indians

[00:00:35] There's a great thrill and

[00:00:36] It's a wonderful feeling to find a flint arrowhead

[00:01:01] Over fields of new turned sod

[00:01:04] And in communion with my God

[00:01:07] I walked alone in a furrow bed

[00:01:15] I found an arrowhead chiseled from stone

[00:01:21] I don't know how long ago some redman

[00:01:24] Drew his bow on its last fight

[00:01:29] Or did he drop it here

[00:01:32] Afraid white men were near to attack at night

[00:01:38] I do know this one thing beyond

[00:01:40] All questioning it was made to kill

[00:01:46] And proof of a master trade is in this arrowhead

[00:01:50] He made fashioned with skill

[00:01:55] That I inherited this ground is denied by this stone

[00:01:59] I've found but when and by who

[00:02:06] Come join me in my tracks then

[00:02:08] Let's stop and look back

[00:02:11] To the vale and through

[00:02:15] In love and peace we'll see the shadows

[00:02:19] And the trees and voices too

[00:02:24] But quietly slowly tread this home of the forgotten dead

[00:02:29] Whose bones are dust

[00:02:33] I'm proud that their craftsman's skill survives

[00:02:36] The ages still left in my trust