[ti:Testify]
[ar:Russell Crowe]
[al:My Hand, My Heart]
[by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:00.000] 作词 : Doyle/Crowe
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Doyle/Crowe
[00:19.210] I feel the irons on my wrist
[00:21.510] and lament it’s come to this
[00:23.930] When they hang me from the gallows tree,
[00:26.530] “Such as life,” you’ll hear me hiss.
[00:28.380] I’m not the reddest handed bandit here,
[00:30.450] but I’m the one who’ll take the fall;
[00:33.250] This smoking gun’s been smothered by
[00:35.560] the long arm of the law.
[00:41.070] The Chaplin says, “The end has started,
[00:42.980] and your Judgement has begun”
[00:45.480] Prayers can lead to God’s forgiveness
[00:47.560] for all the foolish things you’ve done.
[00:49.910] You’ve got tonight to find some peace of mind
[00:52.720] before you leave this world.”
[00:55.150] And I hope and pray that I may
[00:57.400] never get what I deserve.
[00:59.190] Take me down to the river,
[01:01.810] Preacher, take me by the hand,
[01:03.950] Take me down to the river,
[01:06.250] mend the soul of a broken man,
[01:08.740] Drown me in forgiveness,
[01:10.880] wash these bloody hands of mine,
[01:13.030] Take me down to one last river, Lord,
[01:15.730] Let me testify.
[01:20.990] I believe in God’s benevolence,
[01:23.630] And I have seen with my own eyes,
[01:25.930] in the river just outside the gate,
[01:27.980] Sunday sinners get baptized.
[01:30.270] And I’ll pray for my redemption,
[01:32.320] But I’m quite sure that he won’t hear,
[01:34.810] I’ve never had that watered cross,
[01:37.510] trickle in my ear.
[01:42.750] The chaplain’s face it grew sadder,
[01:44.850] He said “you’ve not been christened, Son?”
[01:47.980] “No,” I said, and I hung my head,
[01:50.070] “Is there nothing to be done?
[01:52.030] If I could get down to that river,
[01:54.280] Can’t you see how cleansed I’d be?
[01:57.150] The latest lamb, in God’s hands.
[01:59.290] And my soul would be set free.”
[02:01.090] Take me down to the river,
[02:03.430] Preacher, take me by the hand,
[02:05.620] Take me down to the river,
[02:07.890] mend the soul of a broken man,
[02:10.770] Drown me in forgiveness,
[02:12.540] wash these bloody hands of mine,
[02:14.780] Take me down to one last river, Lord,
[02:19.610] Let me testify.
[02:21.630] oh You'd better to testify
[02:23.060] (testify)
[02:54.180] They take me to the river banks,
[02:56.480] Two guards and the chaplain.
[02:58.760] The moonlight shines on the holy tides,
[03:00.770] My prayers have been answered.
[03:02.920] I take my sodden walk to Jesus,
[03:05.160] All piety and grace.
[03:07.860] The guards release my shackles,
[03:10.190] But they cannot read my face.
[03:16.040] The deepest breath that I can take,
[03:18.000] As I plunge under the water.
[03:20.490] The chaplain had the kindest ways,
[03:22.600] But he could have been a whole lot smarter.
[03:25.130] Two kicks and I’m traveling,
[03:27.130] Beneath the muddy waters gleam.
[03:29.320] And by the time I take a second breath,
[03:31.630] I’m a hundred yards downstream.
[03:33.580] Take me down to the river,
[03:35.910] Preacher, take me by the hand,
[03:38.060] Take me down to the river,
[03:40.700] mend the soul of a broken man,
[03:43.240] Drown me in forgiveness,
[03:44.910] wash these bloody hands of mine,
[03:47.260] Take me down to one last river, Lord,
[03:49.900] Let me testify.
[03:56.390] Take me down to the river,
[03:57.840] Preacher, take me by the hand,
[03:59.780] Take me down to the river,
[04:02.080] mend the soul of a broken man,
[04:04.720] Drown me in forgiveness,
[04:06.670] wash these bloody hands of mine,
[04:08.930] Take me down to one last river, Lord,
[04:11.390] Let me testify.