Golden Guitar-Bill Anderson

[ti:Golden Guitar] [ar:Bill Anderson] [al:Greatest Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Golden Guitar - Bill Anderson (比尔·安德森) [00:13.07]I happened to walk into a honky tonk [00:15.19] [00:16.32]One night down in New Orleans [00:18.26] [00:20.70]Up above the bar hung a big guitar [00:22.76] [00:24.88]Like none I'd ever seen [00:26.57] [00:29.88]The neck was set with diamonds [00:31.63] [00:33.57]And though the strings were old [00:35.51] [00:37.38]Like Kings of sound they wound around [00:40.26] [00:41.76]Six keys of solid gold [00:44.26] [00:49.44]A man stepped up beside me [00:50.94] [00:52.51]His breath was strong with wine [00:55.26] [00:57.69]He said you know that guitar once belonged [01:02.02] [01:02.69]To a mighty close pal of mine [01:04.69] [01:06.51]He used to play it right here [01:09.13]I forget the year around 45 I think [01:13.26] [01:15.07]Ha I could tell you quite a story friend [01:18.01] [01:19.13]If you'd care to buy me a drink [01:21.57] [01:33.95]Well I possessed by every weakness [01:36.51]That takes a man a fool [01:40.01] [01:43.38]I bought a round he drank it down [01:46.63] [01:47.63]And then he rocked back on his stool [01:49.94] [01:51.65]He said Yeah I remember now [01:55.71] [01:56.39]It was 45 alright [01:57.52] [02:00.71]He just returned from the Great War [02:03.02] [02:05.96]That's where he lost his sight [02:07.84] [02:11.64]His buddies gave him that guitar [02:13.52] [02:15.46]At the time it was simple and plain [02:17.77] [02:20.34]He added the gold and the diamonds [02:22.46] [02:23.96]As he played his way to fame [02:26.14] [02:29.14]He was doing a show in Shreveport [02:31.58] [02:33.34]The night he received a call [02:35.15] [02:37.59]To come appear on the Grand Ole Opry [02:40.58] [02:42.02]The greatest show at all [02:44.21] [02:57.96]I was driving him to Nashville [02:59.64] [03:01.58]It was cold and misting rain [03:03.27] [03:05.58]The signals flashed and the whistle screamed [03:07.83] [03:09.27]I swear Mister I never saw that train [03:12.84] [03:15.40]I heard the doctor tell him [03:17.46] [03:18.58]Just after he used his knife [03:20.58] [03:23.33]You're lucky son it was just your arm [03:26.34] [03:28.21]It could have been your life [03:30.02] [03:34.72]But he died that night life just demanded [03:38.59]More than he could give [03:40.72] [03:43.47]I think he couldn've made it [03:45.34] [03:46.59]He just lost his will to live [03:49.16] [03:51.97]But this world's loss is heaven's gain [03:54.59] [03:55.34]And tonight he's still a star [03:57.47] [03:59.97]He plays with a band of angels [04:02.47] [04:06.03]That's my son's golden guitar