[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.52]Matthew - John Denver [00:07.40]Had an uncle named matthew [00:11.99]Was his fathers only boy [00:16.34]Born just south of colby  kansas [00:20.84]Was his mothers pride and joy [00:23.88]Yes  and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [00:27.88]Love was just the way to live and die [00:32.37]Gold was just a windy kansas wheatfield [00:36.84]Blue  just a kansas summer sky [00:41.70]All the stories that he told me [00:46.09]Back when I was just a lad [00:50.10]All the memories that he gave me [00:54.52]All the good times that he had [00:58.84]Growin up a kansas farmboy [01:03.33]Life was mostly havin fun [01:07.55]Ridin on his daddys shoulders [01:11.68]Behind a view beneath the sun [01:14.35]Yes  and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [01:19.22]Love was just the way to live and die [01:23.43]Gold was just a windy kansas wheatfield [01:27.54]Blue is just a kansas summer sky [01:32.55]Well  I guess there were some hard times [01:36.70]And i'm told some years were lean [01:41.10]They had a storm in forty-seven [01:45.36]A twister came and stripped them clean [01:49.70]He lost the farm and lost his family [01:53.77]He lost the wheat and lost his home [01:58.11]But he found a family bible [02:02.46]Faith as solid as a stone [02:04.90]Yes  and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [02:09.35]Love was just the way to live and die [02:14.01]Gold was just a windy kansas wheatfield [02:18.35]Blue  just a kansas summer sky [02:23.12]So he came to live at our house [02:27.28]And he came to work the land [02:31.48]He came to ease my daddys burden [02:35.74]And he came to be my friend [02:40.33]So  I wrote this down for matthew [02:44.64]And it's for him the song is sung [02:48.82]Ridin on his daddys shoulders [02:53.17]Behind a mule beneath the sun [02:55.54]Yes  and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [03:00.10]Love was just the way to live and die [03:04.67]Gold was just a windy kansas wheatfield [03:08.84]Blue  just a kansas summer sky [03:11.90]Yes  and joy was just the thing that he was raised on [03:16.00]Love was just the way to live and die [03:20.81]Gold was just a windy kansas wheatfield [03:24.88]Blue  just a kansas summer sky