作曲 : Halsall, Patto | |
Got word from home this morning it told a sorry tale indeed | |
It was hard to bare the news about the family I broke right down and cried | |
Last time I'd been home calling things were really looking fine | |
It broke my heart to hear about the mess your in | |
And now you've gone and moved | |
Man came without a warning riding on a title deed | |
He'd come back to tell them all they'd have to leave the land | |
Didn't tell them why | |
20 years you worked the base line now you told you got to leave | |
It ain't fair to ask a man to lay his living down | |
His family got to eat | |
You don't buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you'll never, never see us no more | |
God gives the good the answer working hard trying to be | |
But its tough to see the other side getting rich and fat | |
When you hardly make the pay | |
Drained dry from working too hard you got to find another home | |
It was hard to break the land and a crop to grow | |
They never understand | |
You don't buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you'll never, never see us no more | |
Government man got a heart of stone | |
Run up the land and took away their home | |
Going South, in the end I had to hit the road home | |
You don't buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you'll never, never see us no more |
zuo qu : Halsall, Patto | |
Got word from home this morning it told a sorry tale indeed | |
It was hard to bare the news about the family I broke right down and cried | |
Last time I' d been home calling things were really looking fine | |
It broke my heart to hear about the mess your in | |
And now you' ve gone and moved | |
Man came without a warning riding on a title deed | |
He' d come back to tell them all they' d have to leave the land | |
Didn' t tell them why | |
20 years you worked the base line now you told you got to leave | |
It ain' t fair to ask a man to lay his living down | |
His family got to eat | |
You don' t buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we' ll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you' ll never, never see us no more | |
God gives the good the answer working hard trying to be | |
But its tough to see the other side getting rich and fat | |
When you hardly make the pay | |
Drained dry from working too hard you got to find another home | |
It was hard to break the land and a crop to grow | |
They never understand | |
You don' t buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we' ll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you' ll never, never see us no more | |
Government man got a heart of stone | |
Run up the land and took away their home | |
Going South, in the end I had to hit the road home | |
You don' t buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we' ll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you' ll never, never see us no more |
zuò qǔ : Halsall, Patto | |
Got word from home this morning it told a sorry tale indeed | |
It was hard to bare the news about the family I broke right down and cried | |
Last time I' d been home calling things were really looking fine | |
It broke my heart to hear about the mess your in | |
And now you' ve gone and moved | |
Man came without a warning riding on a title deed | |
He' d come back to tell them all they' d have to leave the land | |
Didn' t tell them why | |
20 years you worked the base line now you told you got to leave | |
It ain' t fair to ask a man to lay his living down | |
His family got to eat | |
You don' t buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we' ll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you' ll never, never see us no more | |
God gives the good the answer working hard trying to be | |
But its tough to see the other side getting rich and fat | |
When you hardly make the pay | |
Drained dry from working too hard you got to find another home | |
It was hard to break the land and a crop to grow | |
They never understand | |
You don' t buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we' ll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you' ll never, never see us no more | |
Government man got a heart of stone | |
Run up the land and took away their home | |
Going South, in the end I had to hit the road home | |
You don' t buy the government man | |
My pa had took it bad | |
He tried to make a one man stand | |
Walked out alone and tried to fight | |
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men | |
If he promises not to take his life we' ll be moved out of here by the dawn | |
And you' ll never, never see us no more |