[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.19]The Patriot's Dream (Album Version) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:09.52]The songs of the wars are as old as the hills [00:13.81]They cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills [00:18.10]They tell of the boys who went down to the tracks [00:22.42]In a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs [00:28.18]The patriots dream is as old as the sky [00:32.43]It lives in the lust of a cold callous lie [00:36.83]Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill [00:41.18]Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills [01:05.87]The train pulled away on that glorious night [01:10.09]The drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight [01:14.38]While the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer [01:18.77]While riding off to glory in the spring of their years [01:24.61]The patriots dream still lives on today [01:28.77]It makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray [01:33.25]Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill [01:37.58]Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills [01:54.44]Well there was a sad sad lady [01:57.34]Weeping all night long [01:59.58]She received a sad sad message [02:02.31]From a voice on the telephone [02:05.02]Her children were all sleeping [02:07.48]As she waited out the dawn [02:10.54]How could she tell those children [02:13.09]That their father was shot down [02:17.21]So she took them to her side that day [02:19.69]And she told them one by one [02:22.48]Your father was a good man ten thousand miles from home [02:32.20]He tried to do his duty [02:34.96]And it took him straight to hell [02:37.88]He might be in some prison [02:40.19]I hope he's treated well [02:53.00]Well there was a young girl watching [02:55.61]In the early afternoon [02:57.87]When she heard the name of someone [03:00.93]Who said hed be home soon [03:03.38]And she wondered how they got him [03:06.20]But the papers did not tell [03:08.88]There would be no sweet reunion [03:11.67]There would be no wedding bells [03:15.73]So she took herself into her room and [03:18.34]She turned the bed sheets down [03:20.82]And she cried into the silken folds [03:23.80]Of her new wedding gown [03:30.69]He tried to do his duty [03:33.38]Took him straight to hell [03:36.18]He might be in some prison [03:38.83]I hope he's treated well [03:51.12]Well there was an old man sitting [03:53.89]In his mansion on the hill [03:56.18]And he thought of his good fortune [03:59.19]The time hed yet o kill [04:01.78]Well he called to his wife one day come sit [04:04.87]With me awhile [04:07.10]Then turning toward the sunset he smiled a wicked smile [04:14.12]Well I'd like to say I'm sorry for the sinful [04:17.31]Deeds I've done [04:19.54]But let me first remind you [04:22.01]I'm a patriotic son [04:28.78]They tried to do their duty [04:31.41]And it took 'em straight to hell [04:34.15]They might be in some prison [04:36.77]I hope they're treated well [04:49.28]The songs of the wars are as old as the hills [04:54.14]They cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills [04:58.79]They tell of the boys who went down to the tracks [05:03.41]In a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs [05:09.23]The train pulled away on that glorious night [05:13.58]The drummer got drunk and the bugler got tight [05:17.99]While the boys in the back sang a song of good cheer [05:22.39]While riding off to glory in the spring of their years [05:28.23]The patriots dream still lives on today [05:32.48]It makes mothers weep and it makes lovers pray [05:36.94]Lets drink to the men who got caught by the chill [05:41.19]Of the patriotic fever and the cold steel that kills