The Double Diamond-Chris Ledoux

[ti:The Double Diamond] [ar:Chris Ledoux] [al:Songbook Of The American West] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Double Diamond - Chris Ledoux (克里斯-勒多克斯) [00:07.79]The ol' Double Diamond [00:11.18]Lay out east of Dubois [00:14.49]In the land of the buffalo [00:18.08] [00:20.67]And the auctioner's gavel it [00:24.56]Rapped and it rattled [00:27.99]As I watched the ol' Double Diamond go [00:32.33] [00:33.95]And won't you listen to the wind [00:39.34] [00:40.65]Mother nature's violin [00:44.82] [00:51.24]When I first hired on [00:53.89] [00:54.53]At the ol' Double Diamond [00:57.88]I was a damn poor excuse for a man [01:01.72] [01:04.12]I never learned how to aim [01:07.72]While my spirt was tame [01:10.31] [01:10.92]I didn't know all the cards in my hand [01:15.42] [01:17.73]And the wind whipped the granite above me [01:22.44] [01:24.01]And blew the tumbleweeds clean [01:27.23]Through my soul [01:28.76] [01:35.49]Well I fought her winters [01:37.33] [01:38.42]And I busted her horses [01:40.07] [01:40.71]I took more than I thought I could stand [01:45.22] [01:47.65]But the battles with the mountains [01:50.85]And the cattle [01:52.45] [01:54.53]Will bring out the best in a man [01:58.49] [02:00.68]I guess a sailor needs an ocean [02:05.40] [02:07.21]And a mama her babies to hold [02:14.89]But I need the plains of Wyoming [02:18.99] [02:21.31]In the land of the buffalo [02:24.51] [02:32.66]But now she's sellin' out and I'm movin' on [02:37.27] [02:37.88]But I'm leaving with more than I came [02:41.86] [02:45.48]Cause I got this pony and he ain't for [02:49.50]Sale and I've got this song to sing [02:55.57] [02:57.75]I've got a new range to find [03:01.26]I've got a new knot to tie [03:03.76] [03:04.33]In a country where cowboys are king [03:08.74] [03:14.22]We turned tails to the wind [03:17.64]At the ol' Double Diamond [03:20.78] [03:21.38]And took off down through the sage [03:25.84] [03:27.48]And won't you listen to the wind [03:32.18] [03:34.39]Mother nature's violin