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作词 : Hall |
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There were signs beside |
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the road like "Jesus Saves" |
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And "Relieve yourself the fast and gentle way" |
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I was lookin' for an old man |
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who lived way back in these hills |
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Who just might have a story I could tell |
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Pretty soon the blacktop disappeared |
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I felt the car change to a lower gear |
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I took a drink of liquor |
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just to chase away the chill |
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I was 27 miles from Olive Hill |
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Ahead I saw the bridge where I turned right |
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A dirt road led straight up a mountainside |
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I pulled up to a farmhouse |
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I thought I had seen before |
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An old man and his dog were at the door |
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They told me this old-timer knew this land |
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I told him, "Sir, I just don't understand |
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Why the kids in this state |
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just grow up and move away |
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And leave the land where |
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they were born and raised." |
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He said, "Son, you can't make it on this land |
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Unless you're happy workin' with your hands |
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There ain't no kids today |
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that wanna stay and work it out |
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They wanna see the things they hear about." |
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He said, "I cleared this whole farm off myself |
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And I'd work it now but time has got my health." |
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Then starin' out the window restin' in his easy chair |
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He told me what I'd really come to hear |
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"You know, son, people used to tell their kids |
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'Now, I don't want you to |
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have to work the way I did.' |
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They don't and some will tell you that it's a shame |
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But you have to think before you place the blame." |
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I guess we must have talked for half a day |
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'Til I told him that I'd best be on my way |
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He shook my hand and said, |
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"I'm glad I met you, Mr. Hall |
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But I guess there ain't no song here after all." |
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