A Train Robbery-Levon Helm

[00:00.000] 作词 : Kennerley [00:19.45]The foreman touched the cold steel lines [00:24.12]The rail bed was frozen with ice [00:28.54]In the distance an engine was keeping good time [00:32.97]The steam whistle moaned just twice [00:38.02]Down in the cut past the old Tressel bridge [00:42.69]Twelve fine horses stood [00:47.35]Masked men shivered in the cold on the ridge [00:51.92]Not far from the Glendale woods [00:59.14]The brass lamp shone from the swaying train [01:03.77]When the driver saw the red light [01:08.38]Her iron brakes sparked like silver rain [01:12.94]And the metals screamed through the night [01:17.90]The baggage man peered out to look for the fault [01:22.46]When fear froze up his heart [01:27.03]He was staring down the barrel of an army colt [01:31.67]That threatened to tear him apart [01:37.98]We will burn your train to cinders [01:43.45]So throw the money on down [01:47.81]Open up your damned express car [01:52.68]And jump down to the ground [01:57.02]But we won't touch that old woman and they claimed [02:06.29]They ain't offered no reward [02:11.29]For Frank and Jesse James [02:16.42]Frank and Jesse James [02:27.74]In long soldier's coats frayed with the years [02:32.77]Quickly they scrambled aboard [02:37.29]Men were the sweating and the women shed tears [02:41.85]And a preacher prayed to the Lord [02:46.38]When they opened the safe there was nothing for them [02:50.92]So they strode down through the train [02:55.79]What a miserable sight these desperate men [03:00.31]Robbing old folks for their gold, watch, chains [03:07.74]We will burn your train to cinders [03:12.30]So throw the money on down [03:16.67]Open up your damned express car [03:21.56]And jump down to the ground [03:26.05]But we won't touch that old woman and they claimed [03:35.47]They ain't offered no reward [03:40.47]For Frank and Jesse James [03:45.49]Frank and Jesse James [03:57.26]Now some say the devil had taken his soul [04:01.96]Some say his spirit survived [04:06.45]But we all know he was nothing but a missouri farm boy [04:10.96]Just fighting to stay alive [04:16.11]High above that railroad bed [04:20.63]On a ridge where the pines grow tall [04:25.36]If you listen to the wind, there's a ghost of a chance [04:30.01]You can still hear old Jesse call [04:36.52]We will burn your train to cinders [04:41.79]So throw the money on down [04:46.08]Open up your damned express car [04:51.09]And jump down to the ground [04:55.55]But we won't touch that old woman and they claimed [05:04.89]They ain't offered no reward [05:10.02]For Frank and Jesse James [05:14.66]For Frank and Jesse James