Don't Beat Me Down-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:Don't Beat Me Down] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:United Artists Collection, The] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Beat Me Down (不要将我打倒) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:14.62]Oh when he was a man my father would stand [00:17.52]I never saw him run [00:19.23]There wasn't anyone could make the man bend [00:21.32]The strength of his will was the tool of his trade [00:25.42]And he did his work well [00:27.25]Till the powers that be took a liking to him [00:29.82] [00:30.36]And they traded his body for a cold empty shell [00:34.60] [00:35.28]Don't beat me down [00:37.48] [00:42.31]Don't beat me down [00:47.17] [00:49.55]I've got something to say [00:51.25]Don't you stand in my way [00:53.45]And don't beat me down [00:54.68] [01:00.90]Oh when I was a youth I found the truth [01:03.80]In the eyes of a friend [01:05.53]There wasn't anyone could make the light dim [01:07.64] [01:08.17]And we talked and we rambled and we gambled to win [01:11.14] [01:11.65]And the learning was good [01:13.16]Till the powers that be to a liking to him [01:16.56]They traded their fortunes for the sight of his blood [01:20.78] [01:21.74]When I was a child and my mother smiled [01:24.76]At the cradle she bought [01:26.33]For the little tot she held to her breast [01:28.89]And the song that she sang was an anthem to love [01:32.51]It was all that I heard [01:34.28]Till the powers that be took a liking to me [01:37.65]And they told me that love was a four-letter word [01:41.22] [01:42.55]Don't beat me down [01:47.35] [01:49.74]Don't beat me down [01:54.67] [01:57.08]I've got one life to live [01:58.90]And that's all I can give [02:00.88]So don't beat me down [02:02.65] [02:08.45]And now I've got a place I got a worried face [02:11.49]And a question in mind [02:12.97]Please let me find a reason somehow [02:15.75]Why some reap the harvest while other men die [02:19.23]And the joker runs wild [02:20.83]And if powers that be take a liking to us [02:24.16]Then we all must return to the ways of a child [02:27.76]We all must return to the ways of a child [02:32.67]So don't beat me down [02:37.74] [02:40.81]Don't beat me down [02:45.56] [02:47.98]I've got something to say [02:49.85]Don't you stand in my way [02:52.05]And don't beat me down [02:53.43] [02:55.86]I've got one life to life [02:57.71]And that's all I can give [02:59.68]So don't beat me down [03:01.40] [03:03.36]Don't beat me down [03:04.77] [03:06.84]Don't beat me down