Three Mules-Al Stewart

[ti:Three Mules] [ar:Al Stewart] [al:On The Border] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Three Mules - Al Stewart (阿尔·史蒂伍德) [00:04.46]Three mules came over a hill [00:07.13]They were dragging a cart [00:09.64] [00:10.94]Creaking it seemed to be falling apart [00:14.54] [00:15.16]Laden with millions of dreams [00:17.73]It weighed more than they thought [00:20.07] [00:21.54]They never noticed the wheels getting caught [00:25.00]They pulled on staring ahead [00:28.55] [00:29.07]With blinkered eyes and lowered heads [00:33.31] [00:34.43]Hoping that all would be fine [00:37.65]I see them now [00:39.27] [00:39.78]Time out of time [00:41.97] [00:45.30]Ramsey and Stanley and Neville [00:48.08]Were the names of the mules [00:50.33] [00:51.57]Each wore a bridle encrusted with jewels [00:55.91]And though a murmur of voices [00:58.66]Was rising behind [01:00.97] [01:02.44]Each laboured on [01:03.80]And they paid it no mind [01:05.94]They pulled on with never a doubt [01:09.49]Past boulders and holes [01:11.49]Till the road petered out [01:13.59] [01:14.80]And giving a snort they sat down [01:18.35]Waiting for somebody else to come round [01:22.29] [01:22.94]And from this are our lives writ large [01:26.49]From the beach at Dunkirk [01:28.94]To Pickett's Charge [01:30.83]And it's hard to go back [01:32.96]After coming this far [01:35.09] [01:38.00]Down the road [01:39.89] [01:47.29]Three mules looked over a fence [01:50.16]At the field beyond [01:52.43] [01:53.77]Green as a forest it shone in the sun [01:57.53] [01:58.05]Into the stillness they broke [02:00.60]Like a stone in a pond [02:02.98] [02:04.15]And kicking the gate down [02:06.10]They brayed at the ground [02:07.89]And pulled on tugging a dream [02:11.97]Out of a smile and into a scream [02:16.16] [02:16.95]And tossed the damp soil all around [02:19.96] [02:20.48]Until the whole field turned muddy brown [02:24.46] [02:25.18]And from this are our lives writ large [02:28.72]From the beach at Dunkirk [02:31.28]To Pickett's Charge [02:32.99]And it's hard to go back [02:35.14]After coming this far [02:37.36] [02:40.01]Down the road [02:42.44] [02:49.45]Ah but it's not very easy now being a mule [02:54.72] [02:58.03]I don't believe you appreciate all that we do [03:03.16] [03:06.30]Look at this long and unfortunate face [03:10.48] [03:11.00]Try to imagine that you're in my place [03:14.67] [03:15.22]This is my nature [03:17.06]And to it I have to be true [03:20.26] [03:59.92]Three mules came over a hill [04:02.98]With a sorrowful air [04:05.32] [04:06.81]Though we've been judged they said [04:08.78]It's hardly fair [04:10.96]All that we did was for you [04:13.44]And the good of the 'cause [04:16.14] [04:17.27]Then they went back to the sound of applause [04:21.12]They went back into the night [04:24.56]Where a sickle of moon [04:26.48]Left a trickle of light [04:28.67] [04:30.02]And while we lay under our roofs [04:33.35]The whole night filled up [04:35.11]With the beating of hooves [04:37.73] [04:38.25]And from this are our lives writ large [04:41.72]From the beach at Dunkirk [04:44.11]To Pickett's Charge [04:45.96]And it's hard to go back [04:48.04]After coming this far [04:50.25] [04:53.05]Down the road [04:55.60] [05:01.69]And from this are our lives writ large [05:05.96]And every day [05:07.83]Is Pickett's Charge [05:09.62]And it's hard to go back [05:11.74]After coming this far [05:13.89] [05:16.73]Down the road