A Train Robbery-Levon Helm

[00:00.000] 作词 : Kennerley [00:10.680]The foreman touched the cold steel lines [00:15.500]The rail bed was frozen with ice [00:19.910]In the distance an engine was keeping good time [00:25.250]The steam whistle moaned just twice [00:30.340]Down in the cut past the old Tressel bridge [00:34.980]Twelve fine horses stood [00:39.970]Masked men shivered in the cold on the ridge [00:44.540]Not far from the Glendale woods [00:52.080]The brass lamp shone from the swaying train [00:56.690]When the driver saw the red light [01:01.720]Her iron brakes sparked like silver rain [01:06.490]And the metals screamed through the night [01:11.690]The baggage man peered out to look for the fault [01:15.980]When fear froze up his heart [01:20.930]He was staring down the barrel of an army colt [01:25.660]That threatened to tear him apart [01:32.430]We will burn your train to cinders [01:37.970]So throw the money on down [01:42.550]Open up your damned express car [01:47.490]And jump down to the ground [01:52.040]But we won't touch that old woman and they claimed [02:01.450]They ain't offered no reward [02:06.360]For Frank and Jesse James [02:11.910]Frank and Jesse James [02:18.930]In long soldier's coats frayed with the years [02:23.670]Quickly they scrambled aboard [02:28.750]Men were the sweatin' and the women shed tears [02:33.210]And a preacher prayed to the [02:38.190]LordWhen they opened the safe there was nothing for them [02:42.940]So they strode down through the train [02:47.590]What a miserable sight these desperate men [02:52.550]Robbin' old folks for their gold, watch, chains [02:59.260]We will burn your train to cinders [03:04.890]So throw the money on down [03:09.520]Open up your damned express car [03:14.660]And jump down to the ground [03:18.990]But we won't touch that old woman and they claimed [03:28.560]They ain't offered no reward [03:33.510]For Frank and Jesse James [03:38.660]Frank and Jesse James [03:45.880]Now some say the devil had taken his soul [03:50.730]Some say his spirit survived [03:55.440]But we all know he was nothin' but a missouri farm boy [04:00.980]Just fighting to stay alive [04:05.550]High above that railroad bed [04:10.310]On a ridge where the pines grow tall [04:14.660]If you listen to the wind, there's a ghost of a chance [04:19.630]You can still hear old Jesse call [04:26.240]We will burn your train to cinders [04:31.600]So throw the money on down [04:36.310]Open up your damned express car [04:41.190]And jump down to the ground [04:45.760]But we won't touch that old woman and they claimed [04:55.280]They ain't offered no reward [05:00.200]For Frank and Jesse James [05:05.150]For Frank and Jesse James