The Dutchman-Celtic Thunder

[00:00.000] 作词 : Michael Smith [00:01.000] 作曲 : Michael Smith [00:06.96]The Dutchman's not the kind of man [00:09.84]to keep his thumb jammed in the dam [00:13.03]That holds his dreams in, [00:16.32] [00:20.01]But that's a secret that only Margaret knows. [00:23.84] [00:25.20]When Amsterdam is golden in the morning, [00:29.24]Margaret brings him breakfast, [00:31.43] [00:32.17]She believes him. [00:35.36] [00:38.52]He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow. [00:41.76] [00:42.82]He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes, [00:48.38] [00:48.94]Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. [00:54.37] [00:58.80]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [01:04.04] [01:05.40]Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. [01:10.46] [01:11.21]Long ago, I used to be a young man [01:16.22] [01:17.34]But dear Margaret remembers that for me. [01:23.20] [01:27.45]The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, [01:30.20]His cap and coat are patched with the love [01:33.12]That Margaret sewed there. [01:36.50] [01:39.86]Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. [01:44.17] [01:45.42]He watches the tug-boats down canals [01:48.60]And calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain. [01:55.30] [01:58.48]Till Margaret comes [01:59.88]To take him home again [02:02.38] [02:03.19]Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm, [02:08.62] [02:09.43]Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name. [02:15.17] [02:19.16]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [02:25.18] [02:25.81]Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee. [02:30.55] [02:31.61]Long ago, I used to be a young man [02:36.60] [02:37.41]But dear Margaret remembers that for me. [02:42.47] [02:47.77]The windmills whirl the winter in [02:50.64]She winds his muffler tighter [02:52.77]And they sit in the kitchen. [02:56.83] [03:00.32]Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. [03:04.13] [03:05.75]He sees her for a moment, calls her name, [03:09.85]She makes his bed up singing some old love song, [03:14.97] [03:18.71]She learned it when the tune was very new. [03:22.71] [03:23.58]He hums a line or two, they hum together in the dark. [03:28.82] [03:29.88]The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out. [03:35.38] [03:41.50]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [03:46.24] [03:47.92]Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee. [03:52.48] [03:54.04]Long ago, I used to be a young man [03:59.22] [04:00.45]But dear Margaret remembers that for me.