Matthew (Live)-John Denver

[ti:Matthew] [ar:John Denver] [al:The Best Of John Denver Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Matthew (Live) - John Denver (约翰·丹佛) [00:44.11]Had an uncle named Matthew [00:47.99]Was his fathers only boy [00:51.80]Born just south of Colby Kansas [00:55.91]Was his mothers pride and joy [00:58.48]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [01:02.40]Love was just the way to live and die [01:05.59]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [01:09.58]Blue just a Kansas summer sky [01:14.95]All the stories that he told me [01:18.19]Back when I was just a lad [01:22.37]All the memories that he gave me [01:26.20]All the good times that he had [01:30.19] [01:30.75]Growing up a Kansas farmboy [01:34.50]Life was mostly having fun [01:38.55]Riding on his Daddys shoulders [01:42.43]Behind a mule beneath the sun [01:45.60]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [01:49.48]Love was just the way to live and die [01:53.46]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [01:57.21]Blue is just a Kansas summer sky [02:02.22]Well I guess there were some hard times [02:05.65]And I'm told some years were lean [02:09.58]They had a storm in forty-seven [02:13.45]A twister came and stripped them clean [02:17.69]He lost the farm and lost his family [02:21.44]He lost the wheat and lost his home [02:25.44]But he found the family Bible [02:29.57]Faith as solid as a stone [02:32.69]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [02:35.62]Love was just the way to live and die [02:40.30]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [02:43.79]Blue just a Kansas summer sky [02:48.97]So he came to live at our house [02:52.34]And he came to work the land [02:56.52]He came to ease my Daddys burden [03:00.26]And he came to be my friend [03:04.14] [03:04.82]So I wrote this down for Matthew [03:08.81]And it's for him the song is sung [03:12.74]Riding on his Daddy's shoulders [03:16.61]Behind a Mule beneath the sun [03:19.92]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [03:23.04]Love was just the way to live and die [03:27.43]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [03:31.42]Blue was just a Kansas summer sky [03:34.43]Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [03:38.61]Love was just the way to live and die [03:42.79]Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield [03:46.54]Blue just a Kansas summer sky