《Trip To Hyden》歌词

[00:00:00] Trip To Hyden - Tom T. Hall

[00:00:06] Tossed and turned the night

[00:00:08] Before in some old motel

[00:00:12] Subconsciously recallin'

[00:00:14] Some old sinful thing I'd done

[00:00:18] My buddy drove the car

[00:00:20] And those big coal trucks shook us up

[00:00:23] As we drove on into Hyden

[00:00:25] In the early morning sun

[00:00:29] Past the hound dogs

[00:00:31] And some domineckered chickens

[00:00:34] Temporary-lookin' houses

[00:00:37] With their lean and bashful kids

[00:00:41] Every hundred yards a sign proclaimed

[00:00:44] That Christ was coming soon

[00:00:46] And I thought, "Well, man,

[00:00:47] He'd sure be disappointed if he did."

[00:00:52] On the way we talked about the 40 miners

[00:00:57] Of the 39 who died and one who lived

[00:01:01] To tell the tale

[00:01:04] We stopped for beans and cornbread

[00:01:06] At the Ed & Lois Cafe

[00:01:09] Then went to see the sherrif

[00:01:11] At the Leslie County Jail

[00:01:16] They took us to the scene

[00:01:18] Of that disaster

[00:01:20] I was so surprised to not find any sign

[00:01:24] Of death at all

[00:01:27] Just another country hillside

[00:01:29] With some mudholes and some junk

[00:01:33] The mines were deadly silent

[00:01:34] Like a rathole in the wall

[00:01:39] "It was just like being right

[00:01:41] Inside of a shotgun."

[00:01:44] The old man coughed

[00:01:45] And lit a cigarette that he had rolled

[00:01:51] Back in town I bought a heavy jacket

[00:01:53] From a store

[00:01:55] It was sunny down in Hyden

[00:01:58] But somehow the town was cold

[00:02:02] The old man introduced the undertaker

[00:02:05] Who seemed refreshed despite the kind

[00:02:10] Of work I knew he did

[00:02:14] We talked about the pretty lady

[00:02:16] From the Grand Ole Opry

[00:02:19] An' we talked about the money

[00:02:21] She was raisin' for the kids

[00:02:25] Well, I guess the old man

[00:02:27] Thought we were reporters

[00:02:30] He kept reminding me of

[00:02:33] How his simple name was spelled

[00:02:37] Some lady said, "They worth more money now

[00:02:40] Than when they's a-livin'. "

[00:02:42] And I'll leave it there

[00:02:43] 'Cause I suppose she told it pretty well