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Canadian Railroad Trilogy(live 版) - Gordon Lightfoot
There was a time in this fair land
when the railroad did not run

When the wild majestic mountains
stood alone against the sun

Long before the white man and long before the wheel

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

But time has no beginnings and hist'ry has no bounds

As to this verdant country they came from all around

They sailed upon her waterways
and they walked the forests tall

And they built the mines the mills
and the factories for the good of us all

And when the young man's fancy
was turnin' to the spring

The railroad men grew restless
for to hear the hammers ring

Their minds were overflowing
with the visions of their day

And many a fortune lost
and won and many a debt to pay

For they looked in the future
and what did they see
They saw an iron road runnin' from sea to the sea

Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land
All up through the seaports and into their hands

Look away said they across this mighty land

From the eastern shore to the western strand

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow
Gotta get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We're gonna lay down the tracks
and tear up the trails

Open 'er heart let the life blood flow

Gotta get on our way '
cause we're movin' too slow

Get on our way 'cause we're movin' too slow

Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'

The stars, they come stealin'

at the close of the day

Across the wide prairie
our loved ones lie sleeping

Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away

We are the navvies who work upon the railway

Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey

Bendin' our old backs 'til the long days are done

We are the navvies who work upon the railway

Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun

Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges

Bendin' our old backs 'til the railroad is done

So over the mountains and over the plains

Into the muskeg and into the rain

Up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe

Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay

Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down

Away to the bunkhouse and into the town

A dollar a day and a place for my head
A drink to the livin' and a toast to the dead

Oh the song of the future has been sung

All the battles have been won

O'er the mountain tops we stand

All the world at our command

We have opened up the soil

With our teardrops and our toil

For there was a time in this fair land
when the railroad did not run

When the wild majestic mountains stood
alone against the sun

Long before the white man and long before the wheel

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

And many are the dead men too silent to be real