History Book-Dry the River

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Peter Liddle/Scott Miller/William Harvey/John Warren/Matthew Taylor [00:18.72]Like faithful oxen through the chalk [00:23.78]With dragging tails of history walk [00:28.21]Soon confuse the compass and the cross [00:36.07]Carefully and cursively we fill our travelling diaries with loss [00:53.55]Beneath an angry Bible flood [00:58.26]Did you and I first learn to love [01:02.68]In my father's car we came to know [01:09.48]And shivered in our painted clothes and paired like every animal below [01:26.13]As heavy as a history book can be [01:30.05]I will carry it with me oh Lord [01:41.27]And maybe when the bitterness has gone [01:45.01]There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more [01:57.03]Barefoot in a rowing boat [02:00.80]You lose your shoes and freeze your toes [02:04.03]And say I wear my sorrow like a crown [02:11.71]And throw your arms around my head and see it there in gold and red and brown [02:25.81]As heavy as a history book can be [02:29.25]I will carry it with me oh Lord [02:40.80]And maybe when the bitterness has gone [02:44.14]There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more [02:56.06]We'll soon forget our parents' names [03:03.33]Like dogs will drive the wolves away [03:10.57]And weep with fingertips opposed [03:15.71]Like a church where nobody congregates [03:25.67]But sweetness sings in the pasture [03:29.17]We throw ourselves on the mercy of the earth [03:33.05]If sand and salt have the answer [03:36.11]Then the act itself will be louder than the word [03:39.95]And I'll be on your side And I'll be on your side And I'll be on your side