《Canadian Railroad Trilogy(Live)》歌词

[00:00:00] Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live) - Gordon Lightfoot

[00:00:00] Written by：Gordon Lightfoot

[00:00:00] Ready go

[00:00:19] There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run

[00:00:24] When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun

[00:00:30] Long before the white man and long before the wheel

[00:00:35] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:00:45] But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds

[00:00:50] As to this verdant country they came from all around

[00:00:55] They sailed upon her waterways

[00:00:57] And they walked the forests tall

[00:01:00] Built the mines mills and the factories for the good of us all

[00:01:11] And when the young man's fancy was turnin' into the spring

[00:01:17] The railroad men grew restless for her hear the hammers ring

[00:01:22] Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day

[00:01:27] And many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay

[00:01:34] For they looked in the future and what did they see

[00:01:38] They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea

[00:01:43] Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land

[00:01:46] All up through the seaports and into their hands

[00:01:51] Look away said they across this mighty land

[00:01:58] From the eastern shore to the western strand

[00:02:05] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

[00:02:08] We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

[00:02:12] Open 'er heart let the life blood flow

[00:02:15] Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow

[00:02:19] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

[00:02:22] We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

[00:02:26] Open 'er heart let the life blood flow

[00:02:29] Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow

[00:02:33] Get on our way cause we're movin' too slow

[00:02:45] Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'

[00:02:52] The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day

[00:03:01] Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping

[00:03:09] Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away

[00:03:17] We are the navvies who work upon the railway

[00:03:25] Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

[00:03:35] Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey

[00:03:42] Bendin' our backs 'til the long days are done

[00:03:50] We are the navvies who work upon the railway

[00:03:58] Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

[00:04:07] Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges

[00:04:15] Bendin' our backs 'til the railroad is done

[00:04:33] So over the mountains and over the plains

[00:04:38] Into the muskeg and into the rain

[00:04:41] Up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe

[00:04:45] The swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay

[00:04:48] Layin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down

[00:04:52] Away to the bunkhouse and into the town

[00:04:55] A dollar a day and a place for my head

[00:04:59] A drink to the livin' a toast to the dead

[00:05:03] Oh the song of the future has been sung

[00:05:08] All the battles have been won

[00:05:12] On the mountain tops we stand

[00:05:15] All the world at our command

[00:05:18] We have opened up the soil

[00:05:21] With our teardrops and our toil

[00:05:28] For there was a time in this fair land

[00:05:31] When the railroad did not run

[00:05:34] When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun

[00:05:40] Long before the white man and long before the wheel

[00:05:45] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:05:50] When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

[00:05:55] And many are the dead men too silent to be real