[00:00.00] 作词 : Mark Knopfler[00:01.00] 作曲 : Mark Knopfler[00:02.00] 编曲 : Mark Knopfler[02:13.54]A long time ago came a man on a track[02:17.85]Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back[02:21.89]And he put down his load[02:23.96]Where he thought it was the best[02:26.46]He made a home in the wilderness[02:30.19][02:32.46]He built a cabin and a winter store[02:36.07]And he plowed up the ground by the cold lake shore[02:40.65]And the other travellers came walking down the track[02:44.23]And they never went further, no[02:46.26]They never went back[02:48.38][02:50.34]Then came the churches[02:52.44]Then came the schools[02:54.52]Then came the lawyers[02:56.59]Then came the rules[02:58.55]Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads[03:02.57]And the dirty old track[03:05.40]Was the telegraph road[03:08.24][03:31.76]Then came the mines[03:33.79]Then came the ore[03:35.68]Then there was the hard times[03:37.85]Then there was a war[03:39.83]Telegraph sang a song about the world outside[03:43.86]Telegraph road got so deep and so wide[03:49.18]Like a rolling river...[03:51.47][04:57.62]And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze[05:02.11]People driving home from the factories[05:06.25]Six lanes of traffic[05:09.10]Three lanes moving slow...[05:14.11][07:14.01]I used to like to go to work[07:16.02]But they shut it down[07:17.58]I've got a right to go to work[07:19.51]But there's no work here to be found[07:21.63]Yes and they say[07:23.03]We're gonna have to pay what's owed[07:26.09]We're gonna have to reap[07:27.61]From some seed that's been sowed[07:30.31][07:31.95]And the birds up on the wires[07:34.17]And the telegraph poles[07:36.09]They can always fly away from this rain and this cold[07:40.23]You can hear them singing out their telegraph code[07:43.70]All the way[07:46.63]Down the telegraph road[07:50.15][08:21.20]You know I'd sooner forget[08:23.08]But I remember those nights[08:25.24]When life was just a bet on a race between the lights[08:29.05]You had your head on my shoulder[08:31.25]You had your hand in my hair[08:33.21]Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care...[08:37.81][08:38.87]But just believe in me baby and I'll take you away[08:43.18]From out of this darkness and into the day[08:46.77]From these rivers of headlights, these rivers of rain[08:51.12]From the anger that lives on the streets with these names[08:55.05]'cos I've run every red light on memory lane[08:58.86]I've seen desperation explode into flames[09:03.98]And I don't wanna see it again...[09:07.68][09:09.99]From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed[09:15.90]All the way...[09:17.69][09:30.51]Down the telegraph road[09:34.91]