《The Downbound Train》歌词

[00:00:00] The Downbound Train - Chuck Berry (查克·贝里)

[00:00:14] A stranger lying on a bar room floor

[00:00:17] Had drank so much he could drink no more

[00:00:20] So he fell asleep with a troubled brain

[00:00:24] To dream that he rode on that down bound train

[00:00:32] The engine with blood was sweaty and damp

[00:00:35] And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp

[00:00:38] And imps for fuel was shovelling bones

[00:00:41] While the furnace rang with a thousand groans

[00:00:49] The boiler was filled with lots of beer

[00:00:52] The devil himself was the engineer

[00:00:56] The passengers were most a motley crew

[00:00:59] Some were foreigners and others he knew

[00:01:02] Rich men and lost beggars in rags

[00:01:05] Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags

[00:01:28] As the train rushed on at a terrible pace

[00:01:32] Sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face

[00:01:35] Wider and wider the country grew

[00:01:38] Faster and faster the engine flew

[00:01:41] Louder and louder the thunder crashed

[00:01:44] Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed

[00:01:48] Hotter and hotter the air became

[00:01:51] Till their clothes were burned with each quivering refrain

[00:01:54] Then out of the din there came a yell

[00:01:57] Ha ha said the devil we're nearing home

[00:02:01] Oh how the passengers shrieked with pain

[00:02:04] They go Satan with this down bound train

[00:02:12] The stranger awoke with an anguished cry

[00:02:15] His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high

[00:02:18] He fell on his knees on the bar room floor

[00:02:22] And prayed a prayer like never before

[00:02:33] And the prayers and vows were not in vain

[00:02:38] For he never rode that down bound train