[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:06.00]Now when i was a young man and i carried my pack [00:10.92]And i lived the free life of the rover [00:15.98]From the murray's green basin to the dusty out back [00:21.13]I waltzed my matilda all over [00:26.40]Then in 1915 my country said 'son [00:31.48]It's time to stop rambling  there's work to be done' [00:36.87]And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun [00:43.27]And they sent me away to the war [00:48.59]And the band played waltzing matilda [00:53.32]As the ships pulled away from the quay [00:58.89]And amid all the tears  flag waving and cheers [01:05.05]We sailed off to galipolli [01:10.52]And how i remember that terrible day [01:15.24]How our blood stained the sand and the water [01:20.43]And how in that hell that they called suvla bay [01:25.58]We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter [01:30.50]Johnnie turk was ready  oh he primed himself well [01:35.96]He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell [01:40.95]And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell [01:47.48]Nearly blew us all back home to australia [01:52.91]But the band played waltzing matilda [01:57.83]As we stuck to bury our slain [02:03.71]We burned ours and the turks buried theirs [02:09.36]And we started all over again [02:15.11]Those who were living just tried to survive [02:19.81]In a mad world of blood death and fire [02:25.11]And for ten weary weeks  i kept myself alive [02:30.08]While around me the corpses piled higher [02:34.87]Then a big turkish shell knocked me arse over head [02:40.44]And when i awoke in my hospital bed [02:45.13]And saw what it had done and i wished i was dead [02:52.10]Never knew there were worse things than dying [02:57.67]For no more i'll go waltzing matilda [03:02.77]All round the green bush far and near [03:07.77]For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs [03:14.36]No more waltzing matilda for me [03:19.75]They collected the wounded  the crippled   the maimed [03:24.91]And they shipped us back home to australia [03:30.13]The armless  the legless  the blind  the insane [03:35.02]Those proud wounded heroes of suvla [03:40.27]And as our ship pulled in to circular key [03:45.47]And i looked at the place where my legs used to be [03:50.10]I thanked christ there was no one there waiting for me [03:56.44]To grieve and to mourn and to pity [04:01.64]And the band played waltzing matilda [04:06.73]As they carried us down the gangway [04:12.24]But nobody cheered  they just stood there and stared [04:18.50]And turned all their faces away [04:26.60]So now every april  i sit on my porch [04:32.30]And i watch the parade pass before me [04:37.69]And i see my old comrades  how proudly they march [04:42.52]Renewing their dreams of past glory [04:47.98]I see the old men all tired  stiff and sore [04:53.47]The weary old heroes of a forgotten war [04:58.95]And the young people ask 'what are they marching for ' [05:06.09]And i ask myself the same question [05:11.15]And the band played waltzing matilda [05:16.45]And the old men still answer the call [05:21.97]But year after year  the numbers get fewer [05:28.25]Some day none will march there at all [05:35.30]Waltzing matilda  waltzing matilda [05:43.91]Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me [05:50.99]And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong [05:59.22]Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me