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  • 作词 : Leonard Cohen
    作曲 : Leonard Cohen
    Say a prayer for the cowboy, his mare's run away
    And he'll walk 'til he finds her, his darling, his stray
    But the river's in flood and the roads are awash
    And the bridges break up in the panic of loss
    And there's nothing to follow, there's nowhere to go
    She's gone like the summer, gone like the snow
    And the crickets are breaking his heart with their song
    As the day caves in and the night is all wrong
    Did he dream, was it she who went galloping past?
    And bent down the fern, broke open the grass
    And printed the mud with the iron and the gold
    That he nailed to her feet when he was the lord
    And although she goes grazing a minute away
    He tracks her all night, he tracks her all day
    Oh, blind to her presence, except to compare
    His injury here with her punishment there
    Then at home on a branch, in the highest tree
    A songbird sings out, so suddenly
    Ah, the sun is warm and the soft winds ride
    On the willow trees by the river side
    Oh, the world is sweet, the world is wide
    And she's there where the light and the darkness divide
    And the steam's coming off her, she's huge and she's shy
    And she steps on the moon when she paws at the sky
    And she comes to his hand but she's not really tame
    She longs to be lost, he longs for the same
    And she'll bolt and she'll plunge through the first open pass
    To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass
    Or she'll make a break for the high plateau
    Where there's nothing above and there's nothing below
    And it's time for the burden, it's time for the whip
    Will she walk through the flame?
    Can he shoot from the hip?
    So he binds himself to the galloping mare
    And she binds herself to the rider there
    And there is no space but there's left and right
    And there is no time but there's day and night
    And he leans on her neck and he whispers low"Whither thou goest,I will go"
    And they turn as one and they head for the plain
    No need for the whip, ah, no need for the rein
    Now the clasp of this union, who fastens it tight?
    Who snaps it asunder the very next night?
    Some say the rider, some say the mare
    Or that love's like the smoke, beyond all repair
    But my darling says, "Leonard, just let it go by
    That old silhouette on the great Western sky”
    So I pick out a tune and they move right along
    And they're gone like the smoke
    And they're gone like this song
  • [00:00.000] 作词 : Leonard Cohen
    [00:01.000] 作曲 : Leonard Cohen
    [00:15.103] Say a prayer for the cowboy, his mare's run away
    [00:21.120] And he'll walk 'til he finds her, his darling, his stray
    [00:27.451] But the river's in flood and the roads are awash
    [00:32.810] And the bridges break up in the panic of loss
    [00:43.968] And there's nothing to follow, there's nowhere to go
    [00:49.986] She's gone like the summer, gone like the snow
    [00:55.887] And the crickets are breaking his heart with their song
    [01:01.414] As the day caves in and the night is all wrong
    [01:12.226] Did he dream, was it she who went galloping past?
    [01:17.397] And bent down the fern, broke open the grass
    [01:23.269] And printed the mud with the iron and the gold
    [01:28.208] That he nailed to her feet when he was the lord
    [01:38.954] And although she goes grazing a minute away
    [01:44.489] He tracks her all night, he tracks her all day
    [01:49.681] Oh, blind to her presence, except to compare
    [01:55.098] His injury here with her punishment there
    [02:05.141] Then at home on a branch, in the highest tree
    [02:10.971] A songbird sings out, so suddenly
    [02:16.074] Ah, the sun is warm and the soft winds ride
    [02:20.966] On the willow trees by the river side
    [02:31.352] Oh, the world is sweet, the world is wide
    [02:36.877] And she's there where the light and the darkness divide
    [02:41.951] And the steam's coming off her, she's huge and she's shy
    [02:47.245] And she steps on the moon when she paws at the sky
    [02:57.529] And she comes to his hand but she's not really tame
    [03:02.921] She longs to be lost, he longs for the same
    [03:08.069] And she'll bolt and she'll plunge through the first open pass
    [03:13.338] To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass
    [03:23.196] Or she'll make a break for the high plateau
    [03:28.520] Where there's nothing above and there's nothing below
    [03:33.250] And it's time for the burden, it's time for the whip
    [03:38.324] Will she walk through the flame?
    [03:41.928] Can he shoot from the hip?
    [03:48.274] So he binds himself to the galloping mare
    [03:53.666] And she binds herself to the rider there
    [03:58.794] And there is no space but there's left and right
    [04:03.885] And there is no time but there's day and night
    [04:13.766] And he leans on her neck and he whispers low"Whither thou goest,I will go"
    [04:24.187] And they turn as one and they head for the plain
    [04:29.361] No need for the whip, ah, no need for the rein
    [04:39.137] Now the clasp of this union, who fastens it tight?
    [04:44.310] Who snaps it asunder the very next night?
    [04:49.752] Some say the rider, some say the mare
    [04:54.424] Or that love's like the smoke, beyond all repair
    [05:04.229] But my darling says, "Leonard, just let it go by
    [05:09.476] That old silhouette on the great Western sky”
    [05:14.451] So I pick out a tune and they move right along
    [05:19.458] And they're gone like the smoke
    [05:22.907] And they're gone like this song