This Old Town-Nanci Griffith

[ti:This Old Town] [ar:Nanci Griffith] [al:Other Voices Other Rooms] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]This Old Town (这座古镇) - Nanci Griffith (南西·葛瑞芬) [00:05.90]This old town should've burned down in 1929 [00:09.24] [00:10.80]That's when we stood in line [00:12.46] [00:13.48]Waiting for our soup [00:15.00] [00:15.92]Swallowing our pride [00:18.43]And This old town should've burn down in 1931 [00:22.37] [00:23.33]When the rain refused to come [00:25.18] [00:26.19]Air filled up our bellies dust filled up our lungs [00:30.76]And we thought our time had come [00:34.17] [00:35.69]And This old town was built by hand [00:39.64] [00:40.95]In the dust bowl of the motherland [00:45.64] [00:48.57]There must be rock beneath this sand [00:52.11] [00:53.24]Oh I'll be damned this town still stands [00:59.32] [01:03.60]This old town should've burned down in 1944 [01:07.32] [01:08.38]When the last men went to war [01:10.32] [01:11.59]They came back different [01:13.79]If they came back at all [01:15.84] [01:16.39]This old town should've burned down in 1956 [01:20.26] [01:21.51]That's when the twister hit [01:22.95] [01:23.92]And all our hopes were buried [01:26.62]Beneath the boards and bricks [01:28.70]And we almost called it quits [01:32.19] [01:33.67]This old town was built by hand [01:37.97] [01:38.94]In the dust bowl of the motherland [01:43.97] [01:46.55]There must be rock beneath this sand [01:50.13] [01:51.15]Oh I'll be damned this town still stands [01:57.16] [02:01.45]Somewhere in the distance [02:04.01]The city lights do shine [02:05.67] [02:06.25]The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams [02:09.18]That call from time to time [02:10.87] [02:11.69]When my children's children [02:13.68]Ask me why didn't I go [02:15.72] [02:16.49]They say the heart of any town [02:18.26] [02:19.13]Is the people that you've known [02:21.54]They'll always call you home [02:25.03] [02:26.53]This old town was built by hand [02:30.26] [02:31.65]In the dust bowl of the motherland [02:37.19] [02:39.41]There must be rock beneath this sand [02:42.87] [02:43.94]Oh I'll be damned this town still stands