Thank You Mr. Ryan-David Roth

[00:00.000] 作词 : David Roth [00:01.000] 作曲 : David Roth [00:14.61]The first time that I heard that song was a time I well remember [00:20.68]It all goes back some 30 years to Mr. Ryan's classroom [00:26.36]One day he brought his old guitar and sang his favorite songs for us [00:32.17]And the single one that I remember most was "All My Trials" [00:39.65]Something in his simple singing touched my very 6th-grade soul [00:45.88]The harmonies he taught us are the ones that I still know today [00:51.50]The verse about the Tree of Life was wondrous to a 12-year old [00:57.71]And many times these thirty years I've wished that I could say [01:04.66]Thank you for the music, Mr. Ryan [01:10.34]The simple gift you gave that day is one I've treasured dearly [01:16.67]I'll always see you sitting up there singing "All My Trials" [01:22.74]You'll never know how much it’s meant to me [01:28.10]You'll never know how much it's meant to me [01:36.97]I went home to see my folks in June, the town that I grew up in [01:43.08]Three of us were sitting in the kitchen having coffee [01:48.62]I mentioned Mr. Ryan, how I'd wondered what became of him [01:54.97]When Mother said she'd heard that he's still working at my school [02:01.84]I grabbed my coat and ran outside, retracing old familiar routes [02:07.50]The shortcut through the playground and the echo of that hallway [02:15.18]And there he was in room eleven, wiping off the blackboard [02:20.96]I took a breath and cleared my throat and stepped back into time [02:28.17]Thank you for the music, Mr. Ryan [02:33.62]The simple gift you gave that day is one I've treasured dearly [02:40.16]I'll always see you sitting up there singing "All My Trials" [02:45.88]You'll never know how much it’s meant to me [02:51.25]You'll never know how much it's meant to me [03:00.22]So we sat and talked for quite a while, I don't think that he remembered me [03:06.25]But I told him of my work and where I've been and what I've done [03:11.97]And finally he leaned back and said "It's amazing that you've come today [03:17.86]Just last night my mother and I were talking until one." [03:25.12]She asked me was I happy, I said, "Yes, I love my teaching [03:30.76]But I'm sad I never married, that I never fathered children." [03:37.99]"Oh yes," she said, "Oh yes, my son, you've fathered several hundred." [03:44.66]And now I look across my cluttered desk, and here you've come [03:51.64]Thank you for the visit, my dear child [03:57.33]The simple gift you gave today is one I'll treasure dearly [04:04.74]I'll always see you sitting up here filling in these 30 years [04:11.16]You'll never know how much it's meant to me [04:17.44]You'll never know how much it's meant to me [04:45.88]