Downbound Train-Chuck Berry

[00:00.00] 作词 : Chuck Berry [00:01.00] 作曲 : Chuck Berry [00:14.32]A stranger lying on a bar room floor [00:17.38]Had drank so much he could drink no more [00:20.49]And so he fell asleep with a troubled brain [00:23.59]To dream that he rode on that down bound train [00:31.72]The engine with blood was sweaty and damp [00:34.86]And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp [00:38.11]And imps for fuel were shoveling bones [00:41.14]While the furnace rang with a thousand groans [00:49.38]The boiler was filled with lager beer [00:52.47]The devil himself was the engineer [00:55.66]The passengers were most a motley crew [00:58.82]Some were foreigners and others he knew [01:02.05]Rich men in broadcloth beggars in rags [01:05.10]Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags [01:28.08]As the train rushed on at a terrible pace [01:31.66]Sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face [01:34.87]Wider and wider the country grew [01:38.15]Faster and faster the engine flew [01:41.32]Louder and louder the thunder crashed [01:44.60]Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed [01:48.00]Hotter and hotter the air became [01:50.91]Till their clothes were burned [01:52.39]And they were screaming with pain [01:54.02]Then out of the distance there came a yell [01:57.39]Ha ha said the devil we're nearing home [02:01.29]Oh how the passengers shrieked with pain [02:04.02]And begged old Satan to stop that train [02:12.18]The stranger awoke with an anguished cry [02:15.37]His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high [02:18.61]He fell on his knees on the bar room floor [02:21.65]And prayed a prayer like never before [02:32.96]And the prayers and vows were not in vain [02:37.75]For he never rode that down bound train