歌曲 | Thank You Mr. Ryan |
歌手 | David Roth |
专辑 | Will You Come Home |
[00:14.61] | The first time that I heard that song was a time I well remember |
[00:20.68] | It all goes back some 30 years to Mr. Ryan's classroom |
[00:26.36] | One day he brought his old guitar and sang his favorite songs for us |
[00:32.17] | And the single one that I remember most was "All My Trials" |
[00:39.65] | Something in his simple singing touched my very 6th-grade soul |
[00:45.88] | The harmonies he taught us are the ones that I still know today |
[00:51.50] | The verse about the Tree of Life was wondrous to a 12-year old |
[00:57.71] | And many times these thirty years I've wished that I could say |
[01:04.66] | Thank you for the music, Mr. Ryan |
[01:10.34] | The simple gift you gave that day is one I've treasured dearly |
[01:16.67] | I'll always see you sitting up there singing "All My Trials" |
[01:22.74] | You'll never know how much it’s meant to me |
[01:28.10] | You'll never know how much it's meant to me |
[01:36.97] | I went home to see my folks in June, the town that I grew up in |
[01:43.08] | Three of us were sitting in the kitchen having coffee |
[01:48.62] | I mentioned Mr. Ryan, how I'd wondered what became of him |
[01:54.97] | When Mother said she'd heard that he's still working at my school |
[02:01.84] | I grabbed my coat and ran outside, retracing old familiar routes |
[02:07.50] | The shortcut through the playground and the echo of that hallway |
[02:15.18] | And there he was in room eleven, wiping off the blackboard |
[02:20.96] | I took a breath and cleared my throat and stepped back into time |
[02:28.17] | Thank you for the music, Mr. Ryan |
[02:33.62] | The simple gift you gave that day is one I've treasured dearly |
[02:40.16] | I'll always see you sitting up there singing "All My Trials" |
[02:45.88] | You'll never know how much it’s meant to me |
[02:51.25] | You'll never know how much it's meant to me |
[03:00.22] | So we sat and talked for quite a while, I don't think that he remembered me |
[03:06.25] | But I told him of my work and where I've been and what I've done |
[03:11.97] | And finally he leaned back and said "It's amazing that you've come today |
[03:17.86] | Just last night my mother and I were talking until one." |
[03:25.12] | She asked me was I happy, I said, "Yes, I love my teaching |
[03:30.76] | But I'm sad I never married, that I never fathered children." |
[03:37.99] | "Oh yes," she said, "Oh yes, my son, you've fathered several hundred." |
[03:44.66] | And now I look across my cluttered desk, and here you've come |
[03:51.64] | Thank you for the visit, my dear child |
[03:57.33] | The simple gift you gave today is one I'll treasure dearly |
[04:04.74] | I'll always see you sitting up here filling in these 30 years |
[04:11.16] | You'll never know how much it's meant to me |
[04:17.44] | You'll never know how much it's meant to me |
[04:45.88] |
[00:14.61] | The first time that I heard that song was a time I well remember |
[00:20.68] | It all goes back some 30 years to Mr. Ryan' s classroom |
[00:26.36] | One day he brought his old guitar and sang his favorite songs for us |
[00:32.17] | And the single one that I remember most was " All My Trials" |
[00:39.65] | Something in his simple singing touched my very 6thgrade soul |
[00:45.88] | The harmonies he taught us are the ones that I still know today |
[00:51.50] | The verse about the Tree of Life was wondrous to a 12year old |
[00:57.71] | And many times these thirty years I' ve wished that I could say |
[01:04.66] | Thank you for the music, Mr. Ryan |
[01:10.34] | The simple gift you gave that day is one I' ve treasured dearly |
[01:16.67] | I' ll always see you sitting up there singing " All My Trials" |
[01:22.74] | You' ll never know how much it' s meant to me |
[01:28.10] | You' ll never know how much it' s meant to me |
[01:36.97] | I went home to see my folks in June, the town that I grew up in |
[01:43.08] | Three of us were sitting in the kitchen having coffee |
[01:48.62] | I mentioned Mr. Ryan, how I' d wondered what became of him |
[01:54.97] | When Mother said she' d heard that he' s still working at my school |
[02:01.84] | I grabbed my coat and ran outside, retracing old familiar routes |
[02:07.50] | The shortcut through the playground and the echo of that hallway |
[02:15.18] | And there he was in room eleven, wiping off the blackboard |
[02:20.96] | I took a breath and cleared my throat and stepped back into time |
[02:28.17] | Thank you for the music, Mr. Ryan |
[02:33.62] | The simple gift you gave that day is one I' ve treasured dearly |
[02:40.16] | I' ll always see you sitting up there singing " All My Trials" |
[02:45.88] | You' ll never know how much it' s meant to me |
[02:51.25] | You' ll never know how much it' s meant to me |
[03:00.22] | So we sat and talked for quite a while, I don' t think that he remembered me |
[03:06.25] | But I told him of my work and where I' ve been and what I' ve done |
[03:11.97] | And finally he leaned back and said " It' s amazing that you' ve come today |
[03:17.86] | Just last night my mother and I were talking until one." |
[03:25.12] | She asked me was I happy, I said, " Yes, I love my teaching |
[03:30.76] | But I' m sad I never married, that I never fathered children." |
[03:37.99] | " Oh yes," she said, " Oh yes, my son, you' ve fathered several hundred." |
[03:44.66] | And now I look across my cluttered desk, and here you' ve come |
[03:51.64] | Thank you for the visit, my dear child |
[03:57.33] | The simple gift you gave today is one I' ll treasure dearly |
[04:04.74] | I' ll always see you sitting up here filling in these 30 years |
[04:11.16] | You' ll never know how much it' s meant to me |
[04:17.44] | You' ll never know how much it' s meant to me |
[04:45.88] |