[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.48]Ready go [00:19.17]There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run [00:24.44]When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun [00:30.30]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [00:35.18]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [00:45.04]But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds [00:50.33]As to this verdant country they came from all around [00:55.68]They sailed upon her waterways [00:57.74]And they walked the forests tall [01:00.82]Built the mines mills and the factories for the good of us all [01:11.83]And when the young man's fancy was turnin' into the spring [01:17.13]The railroad men grew restless for her hear the hammers ring [01:22.41]Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day [01:27.53]And many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay [01:34.45]For they looked in the future and what did they see [01:38.64]They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea [01:43.05]Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land [01:46.34]All up through the seaports and into their hands [01:51.44]Look away said they across this mighty land [01:58.28]From the eastern shore to the western strand [02:05.91]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:08.88]We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails [02:12.78]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [02:15.86]Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow [02:19.49]Bring in the workers and bring up the rails [02:22.60]We're gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails [02:26.39]Open 'er heart let the life blood flow [02:29.54]Gotta get on our way cause we're movin' too slow [02:33.30]Get on our way cause we're movin' too slow [02:45.09]Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin' [02:52.38]The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day [03:01.91]Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping [03:09.21]Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away [03:17.69]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [03:25.48]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [03:35.15]Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey [03:42.13]Bendin' our backs 'til the long days are done [03:50.60]We are the navvies who work upon the railway [03:58.28]Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun [04:07.71]Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges [04:15.20]Bendin' our backs 'til the railroad is done [04:33.82]So over the mountains and over the plains [04:38.10]Into the muskeg and into the rain [04:41.76]Up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe [04:45.17]The swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay [04:48.88]Layin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down [04:52.24]Away to the bunkhouse and into the town [04:55.65]A dollar a day and a place for my head [04:59.08]A drink to the livin' a toast to the dead [05:03.50]Oh the song of the future has been sung [05:08.75]All the battles have been won [05:12.04]On the mountain tops we stand [05:15.52]All the world at our command [05:18.73]We have opened up the soil [05:21.99]With our teardrops and our toil [05:28.95]For there was a time in this fair land [05:31.70]When the railroad did not run [05:34.55]When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun [05:40.39]Long before the white man and long before the wheel [05:45.23]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [05:50.53]When the green dark forest was too silent to be real [05:55.79]And many are the dead men too silent to be real