The Ballad of Casey Deiss-Shawn Phillips

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Phillips [00:23.837]'Twas a man of youthful features [00:29.375]'Twas a boy of sorrowful eyes [00:35.043]Watching out but looking inward [00:40.607]Tall and stately and full of life [00:57.300]In his time he spoke but rarely [01:02.837]In his mind he cried for light [01:08.088]Painting perceptions, trying to capture [01:13.443]That which he saw in his questioning strife [01:30.162]Once in Lisbon, twice in London [01:35.517]Travelling around for all of his time [01:41.055]Looking for and finding a goddess [01:46.096]He took Diana to be his bride [02:02.658]Of the children they'd begotten [02:08.091]Two had died without knowing life [02:13.629]And the third I know not whereof [02:18.593]But if she lives, she will yet be kind [02:34.632]Casey had a mark of simple value [02:40.614]He had a star between his eyes [02:46.100]In his hands he held an axe blade [02:51.272]The Greek symbol of thunder and fire [03:07.154]On a night when the heavens were crying [03:13.162]He went out and took his blade [03:18.491]Chopping wood to warm his hearthside [03:23.716]The lightning came and my brother died [03:51.040]Bring him no wine from faraway vineyards [03:56.317]Tell him no tales of the canyon's might [04:01.724]But wish him peace and eternal wisdom [04:07.053]For he has died and he died by light [04:16.091]...