Canadian Railroad Trilogy-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:Canadian Railroad Trilogy] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:The Way I Feel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Canadian Railroad Trilogy (加拿大铁路三部曲) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:06.36]Written by：Gordon Lightfoot [00:12.73]There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run [00:16.30] [00:18.30]When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun [00:22.04] [00:24.63]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [00:28.12] [00:29.87]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [00:33.75] [00:40.32]But time has no beginnings and history has no bounds [00:43.98] [00:45.90]As to this verdant country they came from all around [00:49.38] [00:51.73]They sailed upon her waterways [00:53.41] [00:53.94]And they walked the forests tall [00:55.32] [00:57.30]Built the mines mills and the factories for the good of us all [01:01.04] [01:07.86]And when the young man's fancy was turnin' to the spring [01:11.39] [01:13.39]The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring [01:16.87] [01:19.19]Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day [01:22.68] [01:24.78]And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay [01:28.52] [01:32.26]For they looked in the future and what did they see [01:36.24]They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea [01:39.79] [01:40.88]Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land [01:43.34] [01:44.23]All up through the seaports and into their hands [01:46.70] [01:49.17]Look away said they across this mighty land [01:54.83] [01:56.28]From the eastern shore to the western strand [02:02.34] [02:04.06]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:06.84]We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails [02:10.04] [02:10.99]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [02:13.17] [02:13.85]Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow [02:16.85] [02:17.99]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:20.71]We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails [02:23.73] [02:24.75]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [02:27.09] [02:27.72]Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow [02:30.61] [02:31.63]Get on our way cause we're movin' too slow [02:34.01] [02:42.44]Behind the blue rockies the sun is declinin' [02:48.47] [02:50.99]The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day [02:55.59] [03:00.04]Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping [03:04.86] [03:07.55]Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away [03:12.01] [03:16.58]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [03:21.40] [03:24.25]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [03:29.35] [03:33.71]Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey [03:38.46] [03:41.15]Bendin' our backs 'til the long days are done [03:45.86] [03:50.26]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [03:55.03] [03:58.03]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [04:03.07] [04:07.53]Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges [04:12.05] [04:15.15]Bendin' our backs 'til the railroad is done [04:21.90] [04:33.26]So over the mountains and over the plains [04:36.17] [04:37.40]Into the muskeg and into the rain [04:39.87] [04:41.01]Up the St Lawrence all the way to Gaspe [04:43.38] [04:44.48]Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay [04:46.74] [04:48.05]Layin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down [04:50.28] [04:51.43]Away to the bunkhouse and into the town [04:53.73] [04:54.90]A dollar a day and a place for my head [04:57.37] [04:58.41]A drink to the livin' a toast to the dead [05:00.93] [05:03.10]Oh the song of the future has been sung [05:07.15] [05:08.29]All the battles have been won [05:10.67] [05:11.76]On the mountain tops we stand [05:13.93] [05:15.23]All the world at our command [05:17.49] [05:18.70]We have opened up the soil [05:20.87] [05:22.02]With our teardrops and our toil [05:26.15] [05:30.19]For there was a time in this fair land [05:32.67]When the railroad did not run [05:34.01] [05:36.02]When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun [05:39.72] [05:42.29]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [05:45.63] [05:47.44]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [05:51.40] [05:53.17]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [05:57.12] [05:58.76]And many are the dead men too silent to be real