And I rode near all my life on a ranch near Devil's Gate
And I've seen this world about me bend and flip and change
Hey, it feels like rain - that's a thunder cloud
I've been called a coward, but I've seen two world wars
And I lost my son Virgil, my Korean reward
And my Lucy died last summer - you ask me if I cry?
Hell, I'll show you tears, they're all over this ground
They're falling from these blue Alberta skies
※ But I'm going to ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well it's only then
I might pull the reins
Now they tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind
They took my driver's license, this house ain't far behind
I say jump back all you big suits, 'cause you've got something wrong
I ain't gone, no I ain't gone
I am still breathing, and I still have my pride
And I have my memories, your life it never dies
Like the wind that blows in thunder
Or the stallion on the fly - I got it all
And I'm standing tall underneath these blue Alberta skies
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So I say to all you old men - don't let yourself get broke
If you think the world's gone crazy, and it's scratching at your throat
It's time to dust off that old saddle, get it on a horse
Kick up your spurs, we're gonna run like stink
We're gonna tear across these blue Alberta skies
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素敵な詩ですよね〜。
これは年老いたカウボーイの心境を歌っているものです。
どんなに老いぼれても、息子たちを失ってどんなに悲しみに暮れても
馬に乗り続けるんだ・・・という馬を愛する心が表現されています。
「私の涙はこの地上を濡らすだろう。
青いアルバータの空から雨となって降り注ぐだろう。・・・」
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という歌詞が感動的です〜。
エピソードの中ではコーラスの部分 Ｉ が Ｗｅ に変わっています。
またフロビシャー巡査が一人で歌う箇所は彼に合わせてこの歌の最後になっています。
多分 old man と run like stink がかけてあるのでしょう。
この run like stink は 俗語で 早く走るという意味ですが・・・
フロビシャーが歌うと彼のガスのことみたいですよね（笑）
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