Prairie Fire-Marty Robbins

[ti:Praire Fire] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Vols. 1 & 2 (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Prairie Fire - Marty Robbins (马丁·罗宾逊) [00:07.27]While drivin' a herd of cattle out [00:08.97]In old Nebraska way [00:10.97]Headin' east at Broken Bow [00:12.74]One hot September day [00:14.05] [00:14.58]Tryin' to get to Omaha [00:16.22]We hoped to find a buyer [00:18.01]We never counted [00:18.83]In the odds of a western prairie fire [00:21.42]A hot south wind was blowin' [00:22.80]And the air was gettin' dry [00:24.53] [00:25.06]Somethin' far away [00:26.22]Was spellin' trouble in the sky [00:28.60]Comin' closer was a sound [00:30.16]That topped the devil's choir [00:32.06]Then we knew we had to race [00:33.88]A raging prairie fire [00:41.04]When all at once a flame [00:42.41]Is seen a lickin' at the sky [00:44.46]And every heart is quicker [00:45.82]And there's fear in every eye [00:48.00]We'd just one chance to get away [00:49.79]For there's no place to hide [00:51.55]Gotta reach the river Platte [00:53.10]One inch deep and one mile wide [00:58.78]The herd is gettin' tired [01:00.15]But we've got no time to rest [01:02.25]I try to clear the red dust [01:03.88]That is gatherin' in my chest [01:05.85]From ridin' tail on a thousand head [01:07.68]With the weather gettin' dry [01:09.44]The black cloud in the west [01:10.82]Is warning ride ride ride [01:16.40] [01:17.50]The roarin' heat is closer [01:18.97]Ashes fallin' by our side [01:21.13]And every breeze is burnin' [01:22.61]Singin' with its warnin' cry [01:24.77]We've got to reach the river [01:26.24]But it's still ten miles or more [01:28.34]And close behind us we can hear [01:30.21]That wind infernal roar [01:34.52] [01:37.23]But fate had other plans for [01:38.88]We lost that fatal race [01:40.78]We lost for neither man nor beast [01:42.55]Could long keep up the pace [01:44.36]The mighty Platte subdued its rage [01:46.16]But none were there to rest [01:47.80]We did our best to get away [01:49.59]But only I am left [01:52.36]Now on the blackened prairie far [01:54.40]As the eye can see [01:56.03]The grim remains are there to show [01:57.86]That God rules you and me [01:59.69]Just one he left to tell the tale [02:01.38]Just one was his desire [02:03.24]We lost our herd and thirty men [02:05.07]To a raging prairie fire