Down Bound Train-Chuck Berry

[00:00.000] 作词 : Chuck Berry [00:00.562] 作曲 : Chuck Berry [00:01.125][Verse 1] [00:04.130]A stranger lying on a bar room floor [00:17.635]Had drank so much he could drink no more [00:20.629]So he fell asleep with a troubled brain [00:23.635]To dream that he rode on that downbound train [00:30.392][Verse 2] [00:32.376]The engine with blood was sweaty and damp [00:34.638]And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp [00:38.378]And imps for fuel was shoveling bones [00:41.140]While the furnace rang with a thousand groans [00:48.144][Verse 3] [00:49.639]The boiler was filled with lots of beer [00:52.381]The devil himself was the engineer; [00:55.646]The passengers were most a motley crew [00:58.646]Some were foreigners and others he knew: [01:02.391][Verse 4] [01:02.884]Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags [01:05.141]Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags [01:11.080]As the train rushed on at a terrible pace [01:31.837]Sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face; [01:34.833][Verse 5] [01:35.092]Wider and wider the country grew [01:38.086]Faster and faster the engine flew [01:41.832]Louder and louder the thunder crashed [01:44.829]Brighter and brighter the lightning flashed [01:48.096][Verse 6] [01:48.590]Hotter and hotter the air became [01:51.099]Till their clothes were burned and they were screaming with pain; [01:54.084]Then out of the distance there came a yell [01:57.349]"Ha ha", said the devil, "We're nearing home" [02:00.827][Verse 7] [02:01.838]Oh how the passengers shrieked with pain [02:03.845]And begged old Satan to stop that train [02:12.590]The stranger awoke with an anguished cry [02:15.096]His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high; [02:18.581][Verse 8] [02:19.088]He fell on his knees on the bar room floor [02:21.830]And prayed a prayer like never before [02:33.580]And the prayers and vows were not in vain [02:38.331]For he never rode that downbound train