[00:00.000] 作曲 : Willi Carlisle[00:13.563]There is trouble in the darksome sky, he saw it as a boy[00:18.915]From great-grandad's covered wagon, from the crux of Illinois[00:23.895]For the promise of the daffodils amongst the hard limestone[00:29.256]They carved the die of fortune out of buffalo bones[00:35.371]They all wandered 'oer the salty seas, the prairies wide and more[00:40.682]Just to make a foolish man like me that's darkenin' your door[00:47.070]If the great depression made us, there is no need to despair[00:53.513]I won't waste a single moment of the work that brought us here[01:06.373]From the needle-prickin' mothers who were never taught to read[01:11.777]To the barefoot, hungry soldiers that enlisted at sixteen[01:16.671]Oh, in my dumb debasement, I still find great relief[01:22.073]That on the lam, and on the dole, they counted themselves free[01:28.165]I have hustled towards the overpass to sleep there in the rain[01:33.369]I have settled with my pocketknife and carved out all their names[01:39.896]If the great depression made us, there is no need to despair[01:46.491]I won't waste a single moment of the work that brought me here[02:14.323]From the jailhouse on the border, to the hold beneath the ship[02:19.501]To the weed-fields out in Oregon, to the first night that we kissed[02:24.409]From the dungeon of the coal mine, to the brightest factory floor[02:29.542]To win our kin a better life is still worth dying for[02:35.443]And I still cry my eyes out every time I dare to touch the spirit[02:40.729]And if this is our small lot in life, I'll love it like I mean it[02:47.035]Oh, the blood is strong with victory that brought us our despair[02:53.273]I won't waste a single moment of the love that's buried here[02:59.461]If the great depression made us, there's no need to despair[03:06.346]I won't waste a single moment of the love that brought me here