ฟังเพลงAmerican Remains

American Remains (美国依然是) - Willie Nelson (威利·纳尔逊)

I am a shotgun rider

For the San Jacinto line

The desert is my brother

My skin is cracked and dry

I was ridin' on a folk coach

And everything was fine

Till we took a shorter road to save some time

The bandits only fired once

They shot me in the chest

They may have wounded me but they'll never get the best

Of better men

'Cause I'll ride again

I am a river gambler

I make a livin' dealin' cards

My clothes are smooth and honest

My heart is cold and hard

I was shufflin' for some delta boys

On a boat for New Orleans

I was the greatest shark they'd ever seen

But the captain bumped a sandbar

And an ace fell from my sleeve

They threw me overboard

As I swore I didn't cheat

But I could swim

And I'll ride again

We are heroes of the homeland

American remains

We live in many faces

And answer many names

We will not be forgotten

We won't be left behind

Our memories live on in mortal mind

And poets pen

We'll ride again

I am a mid west farmer

I make a livin' off the land

I ride a John Deere tractor

I'm a liberated man

But the rain it hasn't fallen

Since the middle of July

And if it don't come soon my crops will die

The bank man says he likes me

But there's nothin' he can do

He tells me that he's comin'

But the clouds are comin' too

He ain't my friend

And I'll ride again

I am an American Indian

My tribe is Cherokee

My forefathers loved this land

They left it here for me

But the white man came with boats and trains and dirty factories

An' poisened my existence with his deeds

Nature is our mother

We are sucklins at her breast

And he who tries to beat her down

Will lose her to the rest

They'll never win

I'll ride again

We are heroes of the homeland

American remains

We live in many faces

And answer many names

We will not be forgotten

We won't be left behind

Our memories live on in mortal mind

And poets pen

We'll ride again