作词 : Paul Simon
作曲 : Paul Simon
I've been thinking about the great migration
Noon and night they leave the flock
And I imagine their destination
Meadow grass, jagged rock
The Lord is my engineer
The Lord is the earth I ride on
The Lord is the face in the atmosphere
The path I slip and I slide on
A crystal comet
Starlit night
Silver moon
To smooth the edge of daylight
Now turned the evening rose
Tribal voices
Old and young
Celebrations
A history of families sung
The endless river flows
The Lord is my engineer
The Lord is the earth I ride on
The Lord is the face in the atmosphere
The path I slip and I slide on
The Lord is a virgin forest
The Lord is a forest ranger
The Lord is a meal for the poorest of the poor
A welcome door to the stranger
Tears and flowers
Dry over time
Memory leaves us
Melody and rhyme
When the cold wind blows
The seeds we gather
From the gardener's glove
Live forever
Nothing dies of too much love
The Lord
The Lord is the earth I ride on
The Lord is the face in the atmosphere
The path I slip and slide on
And the Lord is a virgin forest
The Lord is a forest ranger
The Lord is a meal for the poorest
A welcome door to the stranger
The Covid virus is the Lord
The Lord is the ocean rising
The Lord is a terrible swift sword
A simple truth surviving
Love is like a braid, some say
And I, I don't disbelieve it
Cowry shells, fine combs made of jade
To ornament and weave it
I lived a life of pleasant sorrows
Until the real deal came
Broke me like a twig in a winter gale
Call me by my name
And in that time of prayer and waiting
Where doubt and reason dwell
A jury sat deliberating
All is lost or all is well
Home, home
Sun on my doorstep
Shocks me to find
I'm a child again entwined
In your love, in your light
In your cool summer shade
The garden keeps a rose and a thorn
And once the choice is made
All that's left is
Mending what was torn
Love is like a braid
Love is like a braid
Good morning, Mr. Indignation
Looks like you haven't slept all night
In my professional opinion
Go back to bed and turn off your light
I'm not a doctor or a preacher
I've no particular guiding star
In my professional opinion
I'm no more satisfied than you are
So, what in the world we whispering for?
Everyone's naked, there's nothing to hide
Gonna carry my grievances down to the shore
Wash them away in the tumbling tide
I heard two cows in a conversation
One called the other one a name
In my professional opinion
All cows in the country must bear the blame
So all rise to the occasion
Or all sink into despair
In my professional opinion
We're better off not going there
What in the world we whispering for?
Everyone's naked, there's nothing to hide
Gonna carry my grievances down to the shore
Wash 'em away in the tumbling tide
Wash 'em away in the tumbling tide
Wash 'em away in the tide
All that really matters
Is the one who became us
Anointed and gained us
With His opinions
The Lord is my engineer
The Lord is the earth I ride on
The Lord is a face in the atmosphere
The path I'll slip and I'll slide on
The Lord is a virgin forest
The Lord is a forest ranger
The Lord is a meal for the poorest of the poor
A welcome door to the stranger
The Covid virus is The Lord
The Lord is the ocean rising
The Lord is a terrible swift sword
A simple truth, surviving
Yesterday's boy is gone
Driving through darkness
Searching for your forgiveness
Is sorrow a beautiful song?
Lives in the heart and sings for all
Your Forgiveness
Inside the digital mind
A homeless soul ponders the code
Of forgiveness
And I the last in the line
Hoping the gates won't be closed before
Your forgiveness
Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
God's imagination
Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
All of life's abundance in a drop of condensation
Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
I, I have my reasons to doubt
There is a case to be made
Two billion heartbeats and out
Waving a flag in the last parade
I have my reasons to doubt
Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
God's imagination
Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
All of life's abundance in a drop of condensation
Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
I have my reasons to doubt
The white light eases the pain
Two billion heartbeats and out
Or does it all begin again?
Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
God's imagination
All of life's abundance in a drop of condensation
When I was young
I carried my guitar
Down to the crossroads
And over the seas
Now those old roads
Are a trail of volcanoes
Exploding with refugees
It seems to me
We're all walking down
The same road
To wherever it ends
The pity is
The damage that's done
Leaves so little time
For amends
A change of mood
A summer storm erased the sunny sky
Two hapless hitchhikers were
Signaling us
As we were cruising by
Not in the mood
For idle chat or hitchhike company
Nevertheless
We took them on as highway courtesy
Hurry get yourselves inside the truck
We're just going up a ways
The rain should turn to mist
With any luck
And you can find a place to stay
The woman spoke
Her voice a blend
Of regional perfumes
We have no destination
The moon and stars
Provide us with our rooms
My boy and me
We're refugees of sorts
From my home town
They don't like different there
They would have mowed us down
He doesn't talk much anymore
Just to the voices in his head
The boy just gazed down at the floor
And nodded once or twice at what
She said
The sacred harp
That David played to make his
Songs of praise
We long to hear those strings
That set his heart ablaze
The ringing strings
The thought that God turns music
Into bliss...
We left the pick-up in the driveway
The moon appeared as amber
In the mist
The Lord is a puff of smoke
That disappears when the winds blow
The Lord is my personal joke
My reflection in the window
I've been thinking about our troubled nature
Our benediction and our curse
Are we all just trial and error
One of a billion in the universe?
The Lord is my engineer
The Lord is my record producer
The Lord is the music I hear
Deep in the valley of elusive
The Lord is my engineer
The Lord is the train I ride on
The Lord is the coast, the coast is clear
The path I slip and slide on
Wait
I'm not ready
I'm just packing my gear
Wait
My hand's steady
My mind is still clear
I hear the ghost songs I own
Jumpin', jivin', and moanin'
Through a heartbroken microphone
Wait
Life is a meteor
Let your eyes roam
Heaven is beautiful
It's almost like home
Children! Get ready
It's time to come home
I want to
Believe in
A dreamless transition
Wait
I don't want
To be near
My dark intuition
I need you here by my side
My beautiful mystery guide
Wait
Life is a meteor
Let your eyes roam
Heaven is beautiful
It's almost like home
Children! Get ready
It's time to come home
Amen
[00:00.000] 作词 : Paul Simon
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Paul Simon
[00:14.138]["The Lord"]
[00:33.920]I've been thinking about the great migration
[00:37.849]Noon and night they leave the flock
[00:41.739]And I imagine their destination
[00:46.204]Meadow grass, jagged rock
[00:52.291]The Lord is my engineer
[00:56.053]The Lord is the earth I ride on
[01:00.120]The Lord is the face in the atmosphere
[01:05.358]The path I slip and I slide on
[01:39.665]A crystal comet
[01:44.118]Starlit night
[01:48.908]Silver moon
[01:51.778]To smooth the edge of daylight
[02:02.299]Now turned the evening rose
[02:05.256]Tribal voices
[02:09.423]Old and young
[02:14.495]Celebrations
[02:19.268]A history of families sung
[02:27.944]The endless river flows
[02:37.695]The Lord is my engineer
[02:41.923]The Lord is the earth I ride on
[02:46.273]The Lord is the face in the atmosphere
[02:51.061]The path I slip and I slide on
[02:55.733]The Lord is a virgin forest
[02:59.502]The Lord is a forest ranger
[03:04.033]The Lord is a meal for the poorest of the poor
[03:09.944]A welcome door to the stranger
[03:36.023]Tears and flowers
[03:40.402]Dry over time
[03:45.188]Memory leaves us
[03:49.832]Melody and rhyme
[03:58.325]When the cold wind blows
[04:08.335]The seeds we gather
[04:12.387]From the gardener's glove
[04:16.738]Live forever
[04:20.122]Nothing dies of too much love
[04:31.438]The Lord
[04:35.281]The Lord is the earth I ride on
[04:39.542]The Lord is the face in the atmosphere
[04:44.441]The path I slip and slide on
[04:48.320]And the Lord is a virgin forest
[04:52.787]The Lord is a forest ranger
[04:57.002]The Lord is a meal for the poorest
[05:02.334]A welcome door to the stranger
[05:14.722]The Covid virus is the Lord
[05:18.463]The Lord is the ocean rising
[05:22.137]The Lord is a terrible swift sword
[05:26.027]A simple truth surviving
[06:09.381]["Love Is Like a Braid"]
[06:16.998]Love is like a braid, some say
[06:22.793]And I, I don't disbelieve it
[06:29.179]Cowry shells, fine combs made of jade
[06:37.848]To ornament and weave it
[06:43.998]I lived a life of pleasant sorrows
[06:50.001]Until the real deal came
[06:55.174]Broke me like a twig in a winter gale
[07:04.875]Call me by my name
[07:10.359]And in that time of prayer and waiting
[07:16.081]Where doubt and reason dwell
[07:21.053]A jury sat deliberating
[07:29.262]All is lost or all is well
[07:42.739]Home, home
[07:47.021]Sun on my doorstep
[07:50.876]Shocks me to find
[07:54.531]I'm a child again entwined
[08:00.502]In your love, in your light
[08:07.376]In your cool summer shade
[08:19.099]The garden keeps a rose and a thorn
[08:24.733]And once the choice is made
[08:31.963]All that's left is
[08:35.113]Mending what was torn
[08:40.345]Love is like a braid
[08:46.310]Love is like a braid
[09:15.912]["My Professional Opinion"]
[09:25.142]Good morning, Mr. Indignation
[09:31.225]Looks like you haven't slept all night
[09:37.400]In my professional opinion
[09:43.428]Go back to bed and turn off your light
[09:49.248]I'm not a doctor or a preacher
[09:55.356]I've no particular guiding star
[10:01.678]In my professional opinion
[10:07.644]I'm no more satisfied than you are
[10:14.047]So, what in the world we whispering for?
[10:19.833]Everyone's naked, there's nothing to hide
[10:26.169]Gonna carry my grievances down to the shore
[10:31.824]Wash them away in the tumbling tide
[10:37.675]I heard two cows in a conversation
[10:43.539]One called the other one a name
[10:49.759]In my professional opinion
[10:56.115]All cows in the country must bear the blame
[11:01.651]So all rise to the occasion
[11:07.978]Or all sink into despair
[11:14.251]In my professional opinion
[11:19.863]We're better off not going there
[11:26.071]What in the world we whispering for?
[11:32.239]Everyone's naked, there's nothing to hide
[11:37.858]Gonna carry my grievances down to the shore
[11:44.237]Wash 'em away in the tumbling tide
[11:50.334]Wash 'em away in the tumbling tide
[11:56.514]Wash 'em away in the tide
[12:02.285]All that really matters
[12:04.915]Is the one who became us
[12:08.632]Anointed and gained us
[12:12.102]With His opinions
[12:28.119]["The Lord Reprise"]
[12:57.156]The Lord is my engineer
[13:00.412]The Lord is the earth I ride on
[13:04.566]The Lord is a face in the atmosphere
[13:09.224]The path I'll slip and I'll slide on
[13:13.349]The Lord is a virgin forest
[13:18.044]The Lord is a forest ranger
[13:22.413]The Lord is a meal for the poorest of the poor
[13:28.096]A welcome door to the stranger
[13:41.769]The Covid virus is The Lord
[13:45.147]The Lord is the ocean rising
[13:49.613]The Lord is a terrible swift sword
[13:53.630]A simple truth, surviving
[14:31.973]["Your Forgiveness"]
[14:57.148]Yesterday's boy is gone
[15:01.045]Driving through darkness
[15:03.349]Searching for your forgiveness
[15:10.507]Is sorrow a beautiful song?
[15:13.977]Lives in the heart and sings for all
[15:20.263]Your Forgiveness
[15:24.444]Inside the digital mind
[15:27.894]A homeless soul ponders the code
[15:33.113]Of forgiveness
[15:36.730]And I the last in the line
[15:41.592]Hoping the gates won't be closed before
[15:49.040]Your forgiveness
[16:18.153]Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
[16:21.489]God's imagination
[16:24.618]Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
[16:31.130]All of life's abundance in a drop of condensation
[16:37.964]Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
[17:11.307]I, I have my reasons to doubt
[17:18.951]There is a case to be made
[17:25.295]Two billion heartbeats and out
[17:32.411]Waving a flag in the last parade
[17:39.685]I have my reasons to doubt
[17:56.300]Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
[17:58.773]God's imagination
[18:02.851]Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
[18:10.062]All of life's abundance in a drop of condensation
[18:17.103]Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
[18:45.431]I have my reasons to doubt
[18:51.800]The white light eases the pain
[18:58.186]Two billion heartbeats and out
[19:03.748]Or does it all begin again?
[19:26.386]Dip your hand in Heaven's waters
[19:28.909]God's imagination
[19:39.808]All of life's abundance in a drop of condensation
[20:03.748]["Trail of Volcanoes"]
[20:33.858]When I was young
[20:37.195]I carried my guitar
[20:40.656]Down to the crossroads
[20:43.796]And over the seas
[20:50.548]Now those old roads
[20:52.516]Are a trail of volcanoes
[20:59.032]Exploding with refugees
[21:08.806]It seems to me
[21:12.007]We're all walking down
[21:15.400]The same road
[21:18.500]To wherever it ends
[21:24.916]The pity is
[21:29.447]The damage that's done
[21:33.420]Leaves so little time
[21:37.426]For amends
[21:45.978]["The Sacred Harp"]
[23:06.718]A change of mood
[23:12.761]A summer storm erased the sunny sky
[23:19.649]Two hapless hitchhikers were
[23:25.863]Signaling us
[23:28.379]As we were cruising by
[23:31.414]Not in the mood
[23:36.478]For idle chat or hitchhike company
[23:43.836]Nevertheless
[23:48.030]We took them on as highway courtesy
[23:55.862]Hurry get yourselves inside the truck
[24:03.281]We're just going up a ways
[24:11.656]The rain should turn to mist
[24:14.524]With any luck
[24:17.101]And you can find a place to stay
[24:26.186]The woman spoke
[24:28.990]Her voice a blend
[24:30.279]Of regional perfumes
[24:35.571]We have no destination
[24:39.578]The moon and stars
[24:41.113]Provide us with our rooms
[24:47.155]My boy and me
[24:52.423]We're refugees of sorts
[24:54.952]From my home town
[24:59.548]They don't like different there
[25:03.837]They would have mowed us down
[25:10.966]He doesn't talk much anymore
[25:18.378]Just to the voices in his head
[25:24.736]The boy just gazed down at the floor
[25:31.059]And nodded once or twice at what
[25:35.303]She said
[25:42.996]The sacred harp
[25:46.758]That David played to make his
[25:49.797]Songs of praise
[25:53.898]We long to hear those strings
[25:58.911]That set his heart ablaze
[26:25.374]The ringing strings
[26:28.875]The thought that God turns music
[26:36.548]Into bliss...
[26:37.848]We left the pick-up in the driveway
[26:41.959]The moon appeared as amber
[26:46.151]In the mist
[26:56.445]["The Lord Reprise"]
[27:14.058]The Lord is a puff of smoke
[27:18.372]That disappears when the winds blow
[27:22.590]The Lord is my personal joke
[27:27.254]My reflection in the window
[27:31.767]I've been thinking about our troubled nature
[27:35.455]Our benediction and our curse
[27:40.308]Are we all just trial and error
[27:44.092]One of a billion in the universe?
[28:07.135]The Lord is my engineer
[28:11.284]The Lord is my record producer
[28:15.360]The Lord is the music I hear
[28:19.597]Deep in the valley of elusive
[28:23.699]The Lord is my engineer
[28:28.147]The Lord is the train I ride on
[28:32.344]The Lord is the coast, the coast is clear
[28:36.964]The path I slip and slide on
[29:10.139]["Wait"]
[29:29.639]Wait
[29:35.887]I'm not ready
[29:39.707]I'm just packing my gear
[29:44.665]Wait
[29:51.351]My hand's steady
[29:55.121]My mind is still clear
[30:01.566]I hear the ghost songs I own
[30:08.356]Jumpin', jivin', and moanin'
[30:15.528]Through a heartbroken microphone
[30:23.733]Wait
[30:32.144]Life is a meteor
[30:35.405]Let your eyes roam
[30:39.032]Heaven is beautiful
[30:43.225]It's almost like home
[30:46.870]Children! Get ready
[30:50.433]It's time to come home
[31:00.854]I want to
[31:02.635]Believe in
[31:04.584]A dreamless transition
[31:09.527]Wait
[31:16.196]I don't want
[31:17.937]To be near
[31:19.991]My dark intuition
[31:30.437]I need you here by my side
[31:44.893]My beautiful mystery guide
[31:59.178]Wait
[32:01.915]Life is a meteor
[32:02.653]Let your eyes roam
[32:06.057]Heaven is beautiful
[32:09.630]It's almost like home
[32:13.502]Children! Get ready
[32:17.432]It's time to come home
[32:37.804]Amen