Canadian Railroad Trilogy-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:Canadian Railroad Trilogy(live版)] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:All Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Canadian Railroad Trilogy (加拿大铁路三部曲) (Live) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:25.03]There was a time in this fair land [00:27.48]When the railroad did not run [00:29.41] [00:30.89]When the wild majestic mountains [00:33.19]Stood alone against the sun [00:35.30] [00:37.65]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [00:41.49] [00:43.21]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [00:47.72] [00:54.54]But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds [00:59.13] [01:00.68]As to this verdant country they came from all around [01:04.79] [01:06.57]They sailed upon her waterways [01:09.17]And they walked the forests tall [01:11.01] [01:12.39]And they built the mines the mills [01:14.18]And the factories for the good of us all [01:17.02] [01:23.65]And when the young man's fancy [01:25.97]Was turnin' to the spring [01:27.85] [01:29.82]The railroad men grew restless [01:31.57]For to hear the hammers ring [01:34.13] [01:35.71]Their minds were overflowing [01:37.50]With the visions of their day [01:40.55] [01:41.45]And many a fortune lost [01:43.51]And won and many a debt to pay [01:46.22] [01:49.58]For they looked in the future [01:53.14]And what did they see [01:55.10]They saw an iron road runnin' from sea to the sea [01:59.63] [02:00.72]Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land [02:05.07]All up through the seaports and into their hands [02:08.98] [02:11.68]Look away said they across this mighty land [02:19.44] [02:20.62]From the eastern shore to the western strand [02:28.92] [02:30.96]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:35.33]We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails [02:40.06] [02:40.82]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [02:44.99]Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow [02:49.12] [02:50.16]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:54.16]We're gonna lay down the tracks [02:56.48]And tear up the trails [02:58.60] [02:59.46]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [03:02.78] [03:03.33]Gotta get on our way ' [03:05.75]Cause we're movin' too slow [03:07.42] [03:08.47]Get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow [03:12.00] [03:22.19]Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin' [03:28.75] [03:29.64]The stars they come stealin' [03:32.44] [03:33.00]At the close of the day [03:35.59] [03:38.99]Across the wide prairie [03:41.54]Our loved ones lie sleeping [03:44.24] [03:46.25]Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away [03:52.49] [03:54.53]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [03:59.96] [04:01.83]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [04:07.40] [04:10.97]Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey [04:15.79] [04:17.87]Bendin' our old backs 'til the long days are done [04:22.97] [04:25.93]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [04:31.89] [04:33.40]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [04:38.62] [04:42.45]Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges [04:47.25] [04:49.10]Bendin' our old backs 'til the railroad is done [04:57.08] [05:11.81]So over the mountains and over the plains [05:16.63] [05:17.65]Into the muskeg and into the rain [05:22.12] [05:23.19]Up the St Lawrence all the way to Gaspe [05:26.91] [05:27.42]Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay [05:31.51] [05:32.58]Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down [05:36.25] [05:36.96]Away to the bunkhouse and into the town [05:40.81] [05:41.66]A dollar a day and a place for my head [05:46.01]A drink to the livin' and a toast to the dead [05:50.45] [05:52.33]Oh the song of the future has been sung [05:58.35] [05:59.17]All the battles have been won [06:02.88] [06:03.75]O'er the mountain tops we stand [06:07.30] [06:08.30]All the world at our command [06:11.99] [06:12.91]We have opened up the soil [06:16.51] [06:17.64]With our teardrops and our toil [06:21.90] [06:25.67]For there was a time in this fair land [06:28.63]When the railroad did not run [06:30.52] [06:31.69]When the wild majestic mountains stood [06:34.48]Alone against the sun [06:36.25] [06:38.32]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [06:42.33] [06:43.78]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [06:48.25] [06:49.87]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [06:54.15] [06:55.99]And many are the dead men too silent to be real