Matthew (alternate version)-John Denver

[ti:Matthew] [ar:John Denver] [al:An Evening With John Denver] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Matthew (alternate version) - John Denver (约翰·丹佛) [00:07.55]Had an uncle named Matthew [00:09.80] [00:12.05]Was his fathers only boy [00:14.11] [00:16.29]Born just south of Colby Kansas [00:19.54] [00:20.73]Was his mothers pride and joy [00:23.34]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [00:27.90]Love was just the way to live and die [00:31.15] [00:32.27]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [00:35.01] [00:36.58]Blue just a Kansas summer sky [00:39.26] [00:41.44]All the stories that he told me [00:43.94] [00:45.87]Back when I was just a lad [00:48.75] [00:50.05]All the memories that he gave me [00:52.92] [00:54.42]All the good times that he had [00:56.85] [00:58.79]Growing up a Kansas farmboy [01:02.14] [01:03.20]Life was mostly having fun [01:05.39] [01:07.57]Riding on his Daddys shoulders [01:10.25] [01:12.06]Behind a mule beneath the sun [01:14.68]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [01:18.18] [01:19.11]Love was just the way to live and die [01:22.17] [01:23.30]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [01:26.60] [01:27.72]Blue is just a Kansas summer sky [01:30.16] [01:32.47]Well I guess there were some hard times [01:35.59] [01:36.96]And I'm told some years were lean [01:39.58] [01:41.33]They had a storm in forty-seven [01:43.70] [01:45.76]A twister came and stripped them clean [01:48.32] [01:49.94]He lost the farm and lost his family [01:52.69] [01:54.31]He lost the wheat and lost his home [01:56.93] [01:58.86]But he found the family Bible [02:01.55] [02:02.98]Faith as solid as a stone [02:05.48]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [02:08.85] [02:10.10]Love was just the way to live and die [02:12.90] [02:14.40]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [02:17.58] [02:18.77]Blue just a Kansas summer sky [02:21.08] [02:23.45]So he came to live at our house [02:26.07] [02:27.88]And he came to work the land [02:30.00] [02:32.12]He came to ease my Daddys burden [02:34.81] [02:36.37]And he came to be my friend [02:38.43] [02:40.67]So I wrote this down for Matthew [02:43.54] [02:45.10]And it's for him the song is sung [02:47.54] [02:49.53]Riding on his Daddy's shoulders [02:51.65] [02:53.65]Behind a Mule beneath the sun [02:56.21]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [02:59.52] [03:00.70]Love was just the way to live and die [03:04.01] [03:05.01]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [03:07.88] [03:09.31]Bluewas just a Kansas summer sky [03:12.06]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [03:16.01] [03:16.70]Love was just the way to live and die [03:19.63] [03:20.88]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [03:23.94] [03:25.18]Blue just a Kansas summer sky